Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: Introduced 7 D cosponsors

AB 1204 — Relating to: residency requirements for certain employees of a local governmental unit. (FE)

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced March 19, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

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Summary

An Act to repeal 64.09 (3); to create 66.0502 (4) (e) and 66.0502 (4) (f) of the statutes;

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The bill allows certain local governmental units to impose residency requirements on specific employees, effectively repealing the previous prohibition on residency requirements for city managers and other designated positions.

  • 64.09(3)

    Residence in the city or state shall not be a qualification for the office of city manager.

    City managers may be subject to residency requirements.

  • 66.0502 (4) (e)

    Any of the following bodies may impose on the designated employee a residency requirement that contains the terms and conditions that the body considers appropriate: 1. A police department, fire department, or combined protective services department, on the chief of that department. 2. A city or village, on a city or village administrator. 3. A county without an elected county executive, on a county administrator. 4. A school board, on a school district administrator, as defined in s. 115.001 (8).

    Allows specified local governmental bodies to impose residency requirements on designated employees.

  • 66.0502 (4) (f)

    A city or village that has elected, or is in the process of electing, a city manager under s. 64.09 may impose on the city manager a residency requirement that contains terms and conditions that the city or village considers appropriate.

    Explicitly allows cities or villages with a city manager to impose residency requirements on that position.

Action History

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  2. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  3. Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  4. Introduced by Representatives Anderson, Brown, Clancy, Emerson, Palmeri, Sinicki and Udell; cosponsored by Senators Spreitzer, Carpenter, Larson and Roys

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

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Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (121)

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1204 do?
An Act to repeal 64.09 (3); to create 66.0502 (4) (e) and 66.0502 (4) (f) of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 1204?
AB 1204 is sponsored by Spreitzer, Carpenter, Larson, Roys, Anderson, Clinton (Democrat), Brown, Brienne (Democrat), Clancy, Ryan (Democrat), Emerson, Jodi (Democrat), Palmeri, Lori (Democrat), Sinicki, Christine (Democrat), and Udell, Randy (Democrat).
What is the current status of AB 1204?
This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced March 19, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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