Wisconsin bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Wisconsin SB 194
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.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Tomczyk (Republican)
- Nass (Republican)
- Stafsholt (Republican)
- Spreitzer (Democratic)
- Roys (Democratic)
- Quinn (Republican)
- Kapenga (Republican)
- Feyen (Republican)
- Wanggaard (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Mar 23, 2026): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text versions
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2025 Senate | Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 | pass | Set your home in Wisconsin to see |
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 · House
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 - Mar 10, 2026 · House
Representative Billings added as a cosponsor - Mar 6, 2026 · House
Representative Brown added as a cosponsor - Jan 23, 2026 · House
Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor - May 27, 2025 · House
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules - May 15, 2025 · House
Received from Senate - May 15, 2025 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged - May 15, 2025 · Senate
Read a third time and passed - May 15, 2025 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading - May 15, 2025 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading - May 15, 2025 · Senate
Read a second time - May 15, 2025 · Senate
Senators Ratcliff and Carpenter added as coauthors - May 13, 2025 · Senate
Placed on calendar 5-15-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) - May 8, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling - May 8, 2025 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 - May 8, 2025 · Senate
Executive action taken - May 8, 2025 · Senate
Senator Drake added as a coauthor - Apr 30, 2025 · Senate
Public hearing held - Apr 14, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety - Apr 14, 2025 · Senate
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