WI AB190 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 29-3)
Status: Failed on March 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 29-3)
Status: Failed on March 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
An Act to renumber 19.37 (2) (a); to create 19.37 (2) (a) 2. of the statutes; 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.
Title
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.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | House | Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 |
| 2026-03-19 | House | Representative Emerson added as a coauthor |
| 2026-03-19 | House | Representative Subeck added as a coauthor |
| 2026-03-10 | House | Representative Billings added as a coauthor |
| 2026-03-06 | House | Representative Brown added as a coauthor |
| 2026-01-23 | House | Representative Doyle added as a coauthor |
| 2025-07-08 | House | Referred to committee on Rules |
| 2025-07-08 | House | Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 0 |
| 2025-07-01 | House | Executive action taken |
| 2025-06-25 | House | Public hearing held |
| 2025-05-15 | House | Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor |
| 2025-04-15 | House | Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs |
| 2025-04-15 | House | Introduced |
Same As/Similar To
SB194 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-23 - Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
