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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 1181
March 19, 2026 - Introduced by Senators
Spreitzer
,
Carpenter
,
Larson
and
Roys
, cosponsored by Representatives
Anderson
,
Brown
,
Clancy
,
Emerson
,
Palmeri
,
Sinicki
and
Udell
. Referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
SB1181,1,3
1
An Act
to repeal
64.09 (3);
to create
66.0502 (4) (e) and 66.0502 (4) (f) of the
2
statutes;
relating to:
residency requirements for certain employees of a local
3
governmental unit.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, a local governmental unit (city, village, town, county, or school district) may not, generally, require as a condition of employment that any employee or prospective employee reside within any jurisdictional limit. Current law provides limited exceptions to the prohibition on residency requirements for law enforcement, fire, or emergency personnel.
Under this bill, 1) a city or village that operates under the city manager system of government may impose a residency requirement on a city manager; 2) a school board may impose a residency requirement on a school district administrator; 3) a police, fire, or combined protective services department may impose a residency requirement on its chief; 4) a city or village may impose a residency requirement on a city or village administrator; and 5) a county that does not have an elected county executive may impose a residency requirement on a county administrator.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB1181,1
1
Section
1
.
64.09 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
SB1181,2
2
Section
2
.
66.0502 (4) (e) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1181,2,5
3
66.0502
(4)
(e) Any of the following bodies may impose on the designated
4
employee a residency requirement that contains the terms and conditions that the
5
body considers appropriate:
SB1181,2,7
6
1. A police department, fire department, or combined protective services
7
department, on the chief of that department.
SB1181,2,8
8
2. A city or village, on a city or village administrator.
SB1181,2,9
9
3. A county without an elected county executive, on a county administrator.
SB1181,2,11
10
4. A school board, on a school district administrator, as defined in s. 115.001
11
(8).
SB1181,3
12
Section
3
.
66.0502 (4) (f) of the statutes is created to read:
SB1181,2,16
13
66.0502
(4)
(f) A city or village that has elected, or is in the process of electing,
14
a city manager under s. 64.09 may impose on the city manager a residency
15
requirement that contains terms and conditions that the city or village considers
16
appropriate.
SB1181,4
17
Section
4
. Initial applicability.
SB1181,2,19
18
(
1
) This act first applies to an individual who is hired on the effective date of
19
this subsection.
SB1181,2,20
20
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