Increasing certain court fees and surcharges and indexing those amounts for inflation
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2025-2026 legislature
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Introduced by Representatives Allen, O'Connor, Donovan, Mursau, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Goeben, B. Jacobson, Kitchens, Maxey, Piwowarczyk, Steffen and Melotik; cosponsored by Senat · Jul 8, 2025
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Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary · Jul 8, 2025
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Representative Goodwin added as a coauthor · Jul 29, 2025
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Fiscal estimate received · Sep 18, 2025
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Representative Goodwin withdrawn as a coauthor · Sep 23, 2025
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Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Allen · Sep 25, 2025
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Public hearing held · Sep 25, 2025
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Representative Gundrum added as a coauthor · Oct 17, 2025
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Senator Jacque added as a cosponsor · Dec 3, 2025
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Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Allen · Jan 6, 2026
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Executive action taken · Jan 8, 2026
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Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor · Jan 8, 2026
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Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 2 · Jan 14, 2026
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Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 2 · Jan 14, 2026
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Referred to committee on Rules · Jan 14, 2026
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Representative Kurtz added as a coauthor · Jan 15, 2026
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Placed on calendar 1-22-2026 by Committee on Rules · Jan 20, 2026
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Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Allen · Jan 20, 2026
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Read a second time · Jan 22, 2026
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Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author · Jan 22, 2026
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Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Allen · Jan 22, 2026
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Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted · Jan 22, 2026
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Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted · Jan 22, 2026
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Ordered to a third reading · Jan 22, 2026
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Rules suspended · Jan 22, 2026
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Read a third time and passed, Ayes 65, Noes 32 · Jan 22, 2026
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Ordered immediately messaged · Jan 22, 2026
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Received from Assembly · Jan 22, 2026
Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety · Jan 26, 2026
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Senator James added as a cosponsor · Jan 28, 2026
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Public hearing held · Jan 28, 2026
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Executive action taken · Feb 2, 2026
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Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 · Feb 2, 2026
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Available for scheduling · Feb 2, 2026
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Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c) · Feb 2, 2026
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Executive action taken · Feb 3, 2026
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Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 · Feb 3, 2026
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Available for scheduling · Feb 3, 2026
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Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) · Feb 9, 2026
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Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard · Feb 10, 2026
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Read a second time · Feb 11, 2026
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Senate Amendment 1 adopted · Feb 11, 2026
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Ordered to a third reading · Feb 11, 2026
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Rules suspended to give bill its third reading · Feb 11, 2026
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Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 31, Noes 2 · Feb 11, 2026
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Ordered immediately messaged · Feb 11, 2026
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Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate amendment1 adopted) · Feb 12, 2026
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Senate Amendment 1 concurred in · Feb 18, 2026
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Action ordered immediately messaged · Feb 18, 2026
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Report correctly enrolled on 2-23-2026 · Feb 23, 2026
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Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 · Apr 2, 2026
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Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 179 · Apr 3, 2026
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Published 4-4-2026 · Apr 3, 2026
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The numbers
16
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
AllenO'ConnorDonovanMursauArmstrongBehnkeBrillBrooksDittrichGoebenB. JacobsonKitchensMaxeyPiwowarczykSteffenMelotik
Recorded votes
CONCURRENCESenate · 2026-02-11 · AYES 31, NAYS 2, NOT VOTING 0
PASSAGEAssembly · 2026-01-22 · AYES 65, NAYS 32, NOT VOTING 2, PAIRED 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Wisconsin legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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