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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 470: Relating to: increasing the maximum fee for court costs collectible in a municipal court action. (FE)

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 470 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on October 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: increasing the maximum fee for court costs collectible in a municipal court action. (FE). Primary sponsor: Van Wanggaard (Republican), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic). It lists 15 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass 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 1 · Republican 16

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Van WanggaardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Scott AllenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Dave ArmstrongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Lindee BrillCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Joy GoebenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Brent JacobsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Dean KaufertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Joel KitchensCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Dave MaxeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
David SteffenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4

“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 pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Fiscal estimate received
  3. Available for scheduling
  4. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
  5. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
  6. Executive action taken
  7. Public hearing held
  8. Senator James added as a coauthor
  9. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard
  10. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
  11. Introduced by Senators Wanggaard and Dassler-Alfheim; cosponsored by Representatives Kaufert, Gundrum, Maxey, B. Jacobson, Armstrong, Steffen, Allen, Dittrich, Piwowarczyk, Murphy, O'Connor, Mursau, Goeben, Kitchens and Brill

Sources

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