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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

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.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 194 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on April 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Van Wanggaard (Republican), Dan Feyen (Republican), Chris Kapenga (Republican), Romaine Quinn (Republican), Kelda Roys (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Rob Stafsholt (Republican), Steve Nass (Republican), Cory Tomczyk (Republican). It lists 23 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3 · Republican 29

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Van WanggaardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Dan FeyenPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Chris KapengaPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Romaine QuinnPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Rob StafsholtPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate10
Steve NassPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Cory TomczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Scott AllenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Clint AndersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Dave ArmstrongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Ben FranklinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Joy GoebenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Gus GustafsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Joel KitchensCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Amanda NedweskiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Jessie RodriguezCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse21
David SteffenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Rob SwearingenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse34
Paul TittlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Travis TranelCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse49
Ron TuslerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Chuck WichgersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Bob WittkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Representative Billings added as a cosponsor
  3. Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
  4. Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor
  5. Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
  6. Received from Senate
  7. Ordered immediately messaged
  8. Read a third time and passed
  9. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
  10. Ordered to a third reading
  11. Read a second time
  12. Senators Ratcliff and Carpenter added as coauthors

Showing 12 most recent of 20 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source