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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

AB 156

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venue for actions and appeals in which the sole defendant is the state, a state board or commission, or certain state officers, employees, or agents.

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, all actions in which the sole defendant is the state, a state

board or commission, or certain state officers, employees, or agents must be brought

in Dane County. This bill permits the plaintiff to designate the county within which

to bring the action.

Under current law, the state is divided into ten judicial administrative districts;

each judicial administrative district is comprised of one or more judicial circuits, or

counties, containing branches of the circuit courts. The state is also divided into four

court of appeals districts, comprised of one or more judicial circuits. Currently, an

appeal of a judgment or order issued by a circuit court must be heard in the court of

appeals district within which the circuit court is located. This bill permits the

appellant to select the court of appeals district within which to bring the appeal, but

the court of appeals district must not contain the circuit court from which the

judgment or order was issued.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , August (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Bies (R) , Brooks (R) , Craig (R) , Endsley (R) , Farrow (R) , Honadel (R) , J. Fitzgerald (R) , Jacque (R) , Kapenga (R) , Kaufert (R) , Kestell (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Klenke (R) , Knilans (R) , Knodl (R) , Knudson (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Kramer (R) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Litjens (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Marklein (R) , Meyer (R) , Mursau (R) , Murtha (R) , Nass (R) , Nerison (R) , Petersen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Petryk (R) , Pridemore (R) , Ripp (R) , Rivard (R) , Spanbauer (R) , Steineke (R) , Stone (R) , Strachota (R) , Stroebel (R) , Suder (R) , T. Larson (R) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tiffany (R) , Tranel (R) , Van Roy (R) , Vos (R) , Weininger (R) , Williams (R) , Wynn (R)

14 cosponsors

Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Ellis (R) , Galloway (R) , Grothman (R) , Hopper (R) , Kedzie (R) , Lasee (R) , Leibham (R) , Moulton (R) , S. Fitzgerald (R) , Vukmir (R) , Wanggaard (R) , Zipperer (R)

Full history

  1. May 27, 2011 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kramer, J. Fitzgerald, Suder, Steineke, Vos, Tiffany, Litjens, August, Farrow, Kuglitsch, Van Roy, Nerison, Honadel, Petersen, Knilans, Nass, Craig, Thiesfeldt, T. Larson, Endsley, Spanbauer, Bernier, J. Ott, Knodl, Ballweg, Murtha, Wynn, Bies, Kooyenga, Rivard, Brooks, Marklein, Petryk, Krug, Ripp, Knudson, Kapenga, LeMahieu, Kestell, Loudenbeck, Mursau, Meyer, Pridemore, Tauchen, Petrowski, Stone, A. Ott, Klenke, Strachota, Weininger, Stroebel, Kleefisch, Williams, Tranel, Jacque and Kaufert;Cosponsored by Senators Vukmir, S. Fitzgerald, Ellis, Zipperer, Cowles, Leibham, Moulton, Grothman, Hopper, Kedzie, Darling, Galloway, Lasee and Wanggaard

  2. May 27, 2011 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Ethics

  3. Jun 7, 2011 · Assembly

    Representative J. Ott withdrawn as a coauthor

  4. Jun 9, 2011 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Sep 16, 2011 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1