WI SB117 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 32-2)
Status: Engrossed on April 19 2023 - 50% progression
Action: 2024-03-14 - Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

An Act to renumber 19.37 (2) (a); and 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.

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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

DateChamberAction
2024-03-14HouseRead first time and referred to committee on Rules
2024-01-24HouseRepresentative Moses added as a cosponsor
2023-05-03HouseRepresentative Jacobson added as a cosponsor
2023-04-19HouseReceived from Senate
2023-04-19SenateOrdered immediately messaged
2023-04-19SenateRead a third time and passed
2023-04-19SenateRules suspended to give bill its third reading
2023-04-19SenateOrdered to a third reading
2023-04-19SenateRead a second time
2023-04-19SenateSenator Carpenter added as a coauthor
2023-04-18SenateSenator Hesselbein added as a coauthor
2023-04-17SenatePlaced on calendar 4-19-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2023-04-13SenateAvailable for scheduling
2023-04-13SenateReport passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Elections and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0
2023-04-13SenateExecutive action taken
2023-03-16SenateSenator Spreitzer added as a coauthor
2023-03-16SenateRepresentative C. Anderson added as a cosponsor
2023-03-16SenatePublic hearing held
2023-03-13SenateRepresentative Steffen added as a cosponsor
2023-03-08SenateRead first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Elections and Consumer Protection
2023-03-08SenateIntroduced

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