Senate Bill 191
Awarding costs in administrative agency actions
Topics: Administrative procedure, Court: Procedure, State agencies
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Sep 15, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, if an individual, small nonprofit corporation, or a small business is the prevailing party in an administrative agency contested case, in an action brought by an agency, or in a judicial review proceeding under s. 227.485 (6), that prevailing party is entitled to an award of costs unless the court finds the agency was substantially justified in taking its position or if such an award would be unjust under the circumstances. If the prevailing party is an individual, that party is not entitled to recover costs if the party's federal adjusted gross income was $150,000 or more in each of the three years prior to the commencement of the action. Current law also requires hearing examiners and courts in this state to be guided by federal case law as of November 20, 1985, when interpreting these provisions governing costs to prevailing parties.
This bill eliminates financial and entity size limitations for prevailing parties to be eligible to receive costs in administrative agency actions, allowing an award of costs to any trust or person, other than the state, that is a prevailing party unless the court finds the agency was substantially justified in taking its position or if such an award would be unjust under the circumstances. This bill also eliminates the requirement that hearing examiners and courts rely on federal case law as of November 20, 1985, when interpreting these provisions governing costs to prevailing parties.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . 2 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (9)
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Honadel · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Joe Knilans · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 3, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 11, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 10, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 6, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 4, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 30, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 29, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 27, 2011
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Sep 15, 2011
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
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Sep 15, 2011
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 15, 2011 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Grothman, Taylor, Lasee and Holperin;Cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Honadel, Spanbauer, Wynn, Knilans, Jacque, Brooks, Kuglitsch and Stroebel
- Sep 15, 2011 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations
- Sep 27, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 29, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 30, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 4, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 6, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 10, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 11, 2011 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 3, 2012 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2012 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate