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SB641 • 2025

allowing local governments to enact ordinances related to fire detection, prevention, or suppression in residential buildings

allowing local governments to enact ordinances related to fire detection, prevention, or suppression in residential buildings

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Senators L. Johnson, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Larson and Smith, cosponsored by Representatives Andraca, Sinicki, Arney, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Goodwin, Madison, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Roe, Stroud, Stubbs, Taylor and Vining
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
S - Transportation and Local Government
Effective date
Not listed

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allowing local governments to enact ordinances related to fire detection, prevention, or suppression in residential buildings

allowing local governments to enact ordinances related to fire detection, prevention, or suppression in residential buildings Status: S - Transportation and Local Government

What This Bill Does

  • allowing local governments to enact ordinances related to fire detection, prevention, or suppression in residential buildings Status: S - Transportation and Local Government

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  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Sen.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-03-19 Sen.

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  3. 2026-02-09 Sen.

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  4. 2026-02-05 Sen.

    Senator Wirch added as a coauthor

  5. 2026-01-16 Sen.

    Representative Tenorio added as a cosponsor

  6. 2025-11-14 Sen.

    Introduced by Senators L. Johnson , Drake , Habush Sinykin , Larson and Smith ; cosponsored by Representatives Andraca , Sinicki , Arney , Brown , Clancy , DeSmidt , Emerson , Goodwin , Madison , Miresse , Moore Omokunde , Neubauer , Roe , Stroud , Stubbs , Taylor and Vining

  7. 2025-11-14 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government

  8. 2025-11-14 Sen.

    Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor

Official Summary Text

allowing local governments to enact ordinances related to fire detection, prevention, or suppression in residential buildings
Status: S - Transportation and Local Government

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 SENATE BILL 641
November 14, 2025 - Introduced by Senators
L. Johnson
,
Drake
,
Habush Sinykin
,
Larson
and
Smith
, cosponsored by Representatives
Andraca
,
Sinicki
,
Arney
,
Brown
,
Clancy
,
DeSmidt
,
Emerson
,
Goodwin
,
Madison
,
Miresse
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Neubauer
,
Roe
,
Stroud
,
Stubbs
,
Taylor
and
Vining
. Referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
SB641,1,3
1
An Act

to repeal
101.02 (7r) (f);
to create
101.02 (7r) (h) of the statutes;
2
relating to:
allowing local governments to enact ordinances related to fire
3
detection, prevention, or suppression in residential buildings.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill allows a city, village, town, or county to regulate fire detection, prevention, and suppression in a public building that contains a dwelling. Under current law, cities, villages, towns, and counties are generally prohibited from establishing minimum standards for constructing, altering, or adding to public buildings, subject to certain exceptions.
Because this bill may increase or decrease, directly or indirectly, the cost of the development, construction, financing, purchasing, sale, ownership, or availability of housing in this state, the Department of Administration, as required by law, will prepare a report to be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SB641,1
4
Section

1
.
101.02 (7r) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
SB641,2
5
Section

2
.
101.02 (7r) (h) of the statutes is created to read:
SB641,2,3
1
101.02
(7r)
(h) Notwithstanding par. (a), a county, city, village, or town may
2
enact and enforce an ordinance that relates to fire detection, prevention, and
3
suppression in a public building that contains a dwelling, as defined in s. 101.61 (1).
SB641,2,4
4
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