Wisconsin 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB42 Compare Versions

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1	1	2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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4	4	2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 42
5	5	February 17, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives SORTWELL, BEHNKE, GOEBEN,
6	6	MIRESSE, PIWOWARCZYK, STROUD and WICHGERS, cosponsored by Senator
7	7	CABRAL-GUEVARA. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
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9	9	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
10	10	AN ACT to create 66.0443 of the statutes; relating to: local regulation of fowl.
11	11	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
12	12	This bill prohibits political subdivisions and sewerage districts from
13	13	prohibiting the keeping of up to four chickens or quail (fowl) by property owners or
14	14	certain lessors on properties zoned for residential use. The bill specifically allows
15	15	political subdivisions and sewerage districts to do any of the following with regard
16	16	to the keeping of fowl:
17	17	1. Require a keeper of fowl to obtain a permit.
18	18	2. Require notification of adjoining land owners.
19	19	3. Impose reasonable regulations related to the location of fowl housing on a
20	20	property.
21	21	4. Prohibit the keeping of roosters.
22	22	5. Impose reasonable cleanliness standards.
23	23	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
24	24	enact as follows:
25	25	SECTION 1. 66.0443 of the statutes is created to read:
26	26	66.0443 Local regulation of fowl. (1) In this section:
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30	30	ASSEMBLY BILL 42
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33	33	SECTION 1
34	34	(a) XFowlY means chickens or quail.
35	35	(b) XLocal governmental unitY means a city, village, town, county, or sewerage
36	36	district.
37	37	(2) No local governmental unit may prohibit the keeping of 4 or fewer fowl by
38	38	any of the following on a property zoned for residential use:
39	39	(a) The owner of the property. A local governmental unit may prohibit any
40	40	keeping of fowl that is inconsistent with the condominium[s declarations, bylaws,
41	41	and rules on a property that is a condominium.
42	42	(b) A lessor of the property if the property is owner-occupied.
43	43	(3) Notwithstanding sub. (2), a local governmental unit may do any of the
44	44	following with regard to the keeping of fowl:
45	45	(a) Require a keeper of fowl to obtain a permit.
46	46	(b) Require notification of owners of properties adjoining the property on
47	47	which fowl are to be kept.
48	48	(c) Impose reasonable regulations related to the location of fowl housing on a
49	49	property.
50	50	(d) Prohibit the keeping of roosters.
51	51	(e) Impose reasonable cleanliness standards.
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