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.

Looking ahead

No hearings or votes scheduled.

History

1. 2026
   1. Mar 23Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1Latest
   2. Mar 10Representative Billings added as a cosponsor
   3. Mar 6Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
   4. Jan 23Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor
2. 2025
   1. May 27Read first time and referred to committee on RulesMinor
   2. May 15Received from SenateMinor
   3. May 15Ordered immediately messaged
   4. May 15Read a third time and passedPassed Senate
   5. May 15Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
   6. May 15Ordered to a third readingMinor
   7. May 15Read a second timeMinor
   8. May 15Senators Ratcliff and Carpenter added as coauthors
   9. May 13Placed on calendar 5-15-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
   10. May 8Available for scheduling
       • Vote recorded Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0. Result: pass.Upper
   11. May 8Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0Minor
   12. May 8Executive action taken
   13. May 8Senator Drake added as a coauthor
   14. Apr 30Public hearing held
   15. Apr 14Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public SafetyMinor
   16. Apr 14Introduced 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 AllenIntroduced