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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 157: Relating to: prohibiting filing or recording contracts for services or materials that do not improve real estate and providing a penalty. (FE)

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 157 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on April 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: prohibiting filing or recording contracts for services or materials that do not improve real estate and providing a penalty. (FE). Primary sponsor: Dave Maxey (Republican), Jim Piwowarczyk (Republican), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Barbara Dittrich (Republican), Dan Knodl (Republican), Rob Kreibich (Republican), Dave Murphy (Republican), Treig Pronschinske (Republican), Rob Summerfield (Republican), Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (Democratic). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 12

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dave MaxeyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Jim PiwowarczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Elijah BehnkePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Barbara DittrichPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Dan KnodlPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Dave MurphyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Treig PronschinskePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse29
Rob SummerfieldPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Howard MarkleinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Steve NassCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Romaine QuinnCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Mark SpreitzerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Jamie WallCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
  3. Laid on the table
  4. Representatives Stroud, O'Connor, Miresse and Stubbs added as coauthors
  5. Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025
  6. Fiscal estimate received
  7. Referred to committee on Rules
  8. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 13, Noes 0
  9. Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 13, Noes 0
  10. Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 13, Noes 0
  11. Executive action taken
  12. Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source