WisconsinRelating 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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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Mar 23Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1Latest
- Mar 19Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
- Mar 19Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- Mar 10Representative Billings added as a coauthor
- Mar 6Representative Brown added as a coauthor
- Jan 23Representative Doyle added as a coauthor
- 2025
- Jul 8Referred to committee on RulesMinor
- Vote recorded Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 0. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 8Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 9, Noes 0Minor
- Jul 1Executive action taken
- Jun 25Public hearing held
- May 15Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
- Apr 15Read first time and referred to Committee on State AffairsMinor
- Apr 15Introduced 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; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Feyen, Kapenga, Nass, Quinn, Roys, Spreitzer, Stafsholt and TomczykIntroduced
- Jul 8Referred to committee on RulesMinor