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WI SB 440

enacted

Relating to: newspaper publication and typeface for certain legal notices.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WI SB 440 pass?

Yes. WI SB 440 has been enacted into law as of 2025-12-10. Latest recorded action (2025-12-10): Published 12-10-2025

What is WI SB 440 about?

WI SB 440 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: newspaper publication and typeface for certain legal notices.”.

Who sponsors WI SB 440?

Spreitzer, Roys, Pfaff and 2 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 440.

Introduced
2025-09-29
Latest action
2025-12-10 — Published 12-10-2025
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Spreitzerprimary
  • Roysprimary
  • Pfaffprimary
  • Markleinprimary
  • Quinnprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-09-29

    Introduced by Senators Quinn, Marklein, Pfaff, Roys and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Roe, Swearingen, Tranel, Wichgers, Johnson and Palmeri

    introduction

  2. 2025-09-29

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-11-05

    Public hearing held

  4. 2025-11-10

    Executive action taken

  5. 2025-11-10

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2025-11-10

    Available for scheduling

  7. 2025-11-14

    Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. 2025-11-18

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  9. 2025-11-18

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  10. 2025-11-18

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  11. 2025-11-18

    Read a third time and passed

    passage,reading-3

  12. 2025-11-18

    Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor

  13. 2025-11-18

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. 2025-11-19

    Received from Senate

    receipt

  15. 2025-11-19

    Read

  16. 2025-11-19

    Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up

  17. 2025-11-19

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  18. 2025-11-19

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  19. 2025-11-19

    Rules suspended

  20. 2025-11-19

    Read a third time and concurred in

    passage,reading-3

  21. 2025-11-19

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. 2025-11-20

    Received from Assembly concurred in

    receipt

  23. 2025-11-24

    Report correctly enrolled

    enrolled

  24. 2025-12-04

    Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025

    executive-receipt

  25. 2025-12-10

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 72

    executive-signature

  26. 2025-12-10

    Published 12-10-2025

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

    2025-11-10 · pass · 5-0

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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Attribution

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