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Read. Follow. Verify.Wisconsin SB 735 allows neighborhood improvement districts to finance certain infrastructure via special charges
Last action · March 23, 2026: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1Sponsors: Mary Felzkowski and 6 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 735 establishes a mechanism for s to finance specific infrastructure projects through approved s on properties, while updating relevant real estate disclosure forms. The measure failed to pass the Senate in March 2026 pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
Property owners within designated s would face new s on their real estate disclosures and tax bills to fund local infrastructure projects if the measure had enacted.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Property owners in neighborhood improvement districts
Property owners would have been subject to new special charges for infrastructure financing and updated real estate disclosure requirements.
Key Facts
- Creates new statutory provisions under sections 66.1110 and 709.03 relating to neighborhood improvement district infrastructure financing.
- Authorizes special charges approved by neighborhood improvement districts to fund certain infrastructure.
- Updates real estate disclosure forms to include new references for neighborhood improvement district special charges.
- Failed to pass the Senate pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 on March 23, 2026.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the Senate.
Procedural history
13 actions- Mar 23, 2026SenateFailed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Feb 18, 2026SenateSenators Ratcliff and Smith added as coauthors
- Feb 18, 2026SenateLaid on table
- Feb 17, 2026SenatePlaced on calendar 2-18-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 4, 2026SenateAvailable for scheduling
- Feb 4, 2026SenateReport passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
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- Feb 4, 2026SenateReport adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Feb 4, 2026SenateExecutive action taken
- Jan 30, 2026SenateSenate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Felzkowski
- Jan 20, 2026SenatePublic hearing held
- Jan 20, 2026SenateLRB correction
- Dec 12, 2025SenateIntroducedRead first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government
- Dec 12, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced by Senator Felzkowski; cosponsored by Representatives Armstrong, Behnke, Kitchens, Moses, Mursau and O'Connor
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 25)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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