WI AB 443

enacted

Relating to: increasing the maximum fee for court costs collectible in a municipal court action. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WI AB 443 pass?

Yes. WI AB 443 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-03-20): Published 3-21-2026

What is WI AB 443 about?

WI AB 443 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: increasing the maximum fee for court costs collectible in a municipal court action. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 443?

Brill, Kitchens, Goeben and 12 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 443, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-09-19
Latest action: 2026-03-20 — Published 3-21-2026
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-03-20
Published 3-21-2026
became-law
2026-03-20
Report approved by the Governor on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 113
executive-signature
2026-03-18
Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2026
executive-receipt
2026-02-13
Report correctly enrolled on 2-12-2026
enrolled
2026-02-12
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2026-02-11
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-11
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1
passage,reading-3
2026-02-11
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-02-11
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-11
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-09
Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-02-09
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2026-02-02
Available for scheduling
2026-02-02
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-02
Executive action taken
2026-01-28
Public hearing held
2026-01-28
Senator James added as a cosponsor
2026-01-14
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-14
Received from Assembly
receipt
2026-01-13
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-01-13
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 88, Noes 11
passage,reading-3
2026-01-13
Rules suspended
2026-01-13
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-01-13
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage
2026-01-13
Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up
2026-01-13
Referred to joint committee on Finance
referral-committee
2026-01-13
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-01-08
Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
2025-11-07
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-11-07
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-07
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-10-29
Executive action taken
2025-10-21
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kaufert
amendment-introduction
2025-10-08
Public hearing held
2025-09-19
Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-09-19
Introduced by Representatives Kaufert, Gundrum, Maxey, B. Jacobson, Armstrong, Steffen, Allen, Dittrich, Piwowarczyk, Murphy, O'Connor, Mursau, Goeben, Kitchens and Brill; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard and Dassler-Alfheim
introduction

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Votes

Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0
2025-11-07 · pass · 9-0
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0
2025-11-07 · pass · 9-0
PASSAGE
2026-01-13 · pass · 88-11
Member-level votes (99)
- ALLEN: yes
- ANDERSON: yes
- ANDRACA: yes
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: yes
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: yes
- BEHNKE: yes
- BILLINGS: yes
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: yes
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: yes
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CLANCY: no
- CRUZ: no
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: yes
- DESMIDT: yes
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DOYLE: yes
- DUCHOW: yes
- EMERSON: yes
- FITZGERALD: yes
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: yes
- GOODWIN: yes
- GREEN: yes
- GUNDRUM: yes
- GUSTAFSON: yes
- HAYWOOD: yes
- HONG: no
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: yes
- JACOBSON, B: yes
- JACOBSON, J: yes
- JOERS: yes
- JOHNSON: yes
- KAUFERT: yes
- KIRSCH: yes
- KITCHENS: yes
- KNODL: yes
- KREIBICH: yes
- KRUG: yes
- KURTZ: yes
- MADISON: no
- MAXEY: yes
- MAYADEV: yes
- MCCARVILLE: yes
- MCGUIRE: yes
- MELOTIK: yes
- MIRESSE: yes
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: no
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEUBAUER: yes
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- O'CONNOR: yes
- ORTIZ-VELEZ: yes
- PALMERI: yes
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PETERSEN: yes
- PHELPS: no
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRADO: yes
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RIVERA-WAGNER: yes
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: yes
- SHEEHAN: no
- SINICKI: yes
- SNODGRASS: no
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: yes
- SPAUDE: no
- SPIROS: yes
- STEFFEN: yes
- STROUD: yes
- STUBBS: yes
- SUBECK: no
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TAYLOR: yes
- TENORIO: no
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: yes
- VANDERMEER: yes
- VINING: yes
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- ZIMMERMAN: yes
- SPEAKER: yes
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
2026-02-02 · pass · 8-0
CONCURRENCE
2026-02-11 · pass · 32-1
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- ROYS: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- JAMES: yes
- SMITH: yes
- CARPENTER: yes
- JOHNSON: yes
- SPREITZER: yes
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- DRAKE: yes
- KEYESKI: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WALL: yes
- HABUSH SINYKIN: yes
- NASS: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- HESSELBEIN: yes
- PFAFF: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- QUINN: yes
- WIRCH: yes
- JACQUE: yes
- RATCLIFF: yes
- LARSON: no

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https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab443

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