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WI SB 194

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Relating to: obtaining attorney fees and costs under the state’s public records law when an authority voluntarily or unilaterally releases a contested record after an action has been filed in court.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WI SB 194 pass?

Not yet. WI SB 194 is in committee as of 2026-03-23 and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI SB 194 about?

WI SB 194 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: obtaining attorney fees and costs under the state’s public records law when an authority voluntarily or unilaterally releases a contested record after an action has been filed in court.”.

Who sponsors WI SB 194?

Tomczyk, Nass, Stafsholt and 6 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 194.

Introduced
2025-04-14
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Tomczykprimary
  • Nassprimary
  • Stafsholtprimary
  • Spreitzerprimary
  • Roysprimary
  • Quinnprimary
  • Kapengaprimary
  • Feyenprimary
  • Wanggaardprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-04-14

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Feyen, Kapenga, Quinn, Roys, Spreitzer, Stafsholt, Nass and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Swearingen, Anderson, Armstrong, Behnke, Franklin, Goeben, Gundrum, Gustafson, Kitchens, Knodl, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Rodriguez, Steffen, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, Wichgers, Wittke and Allen

    introduction

  2. 2025-04-14

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-04-30

    Public hearing held

  4. 2025-05-08

    Senator Drake added as a coauthor

  5. 2025-05-08

    Executive action taken

  6. 2025-05-08

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2025-05-08

    Available for scheduling

  8. 2025-05-13

    Placed on calendar 5-15-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. 2025-05-15

    Senators Ratcliff and Carpenter added as coauthors

  10. 2025-05-15

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  11. 2025-05-15

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  12. 2025-05-15

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  13. 2025-05-15

    Read a third time and passed

    passage,reading-3

  14. 2025-05-15

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. 2025-05-15

    Received from Senate

    receipt

  16. 2025-05-27

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

    reading-1,referral-committee

  17. 2026-01-23

    Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor

  18. 2026-03-06

    Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

  19. 2026-03-10

    Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  20. 2026-03-23

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    amendment-failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

    2025-05-08 · pass · 8-0

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb194

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