WI SB 194
in committeeRelating 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
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Quick answers
Did WI SB 194 pass?
Not yet. WI SB 194 is in committee 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
- —
Sponsors
- Tomczykprimary
- Nassprimary
- Stafsholtprimary
- Spreitzerprimary
- Roysprimary
- Quinnprimary
- Kapengaprimary
- Feyenprimary
- Wanggaardprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-23
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
amendment-failure
2026-03-10
Representative Billings added as a cosponsor
2026-03-06
Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
2026-01-23
Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor
2025-05-27
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-15
Received from Senate
receipt
2025-05-15
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-05-15
Read a third time and passed
passage,reading-3
2025-05-15
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2025-05-15
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-05-15
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-05-15
Senators Ratcliff and Carpenter added as coauthors
2025-05-13
Placed on calendar 5-15-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2025-05-08
Available for scheduling
2025-05-08
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-08
Executive action taken
2025-05-08
Senator Drake added as a coauthor
2025-04-30
Public hearing held
2025-04-14
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
reading-1,referral-committee
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
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Votes
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
2025-05-08 · pass · 8-0
Related bills
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