Senate Bill 414
The typeface used, and rates charged, for publication of legal notices
Topics: Data processing, Newspaper and magazine, Public document
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
Jan 31, 2012
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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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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, certain legal notices are required by statute or by an order of a court to be published in a newspaper. Legal notices are generally published in a newspaper likely to give notice in the area or to the person affected. Current law sets standards for the publication of legal notices, including the type of newspaper that may publish legal notices, a standard line length and type face for a legal notice, and a minimum and maximum fee that a newspaper may charge for publication of legal notices. Current law allows for different type faces to be used if the publisher opts not to use the standard type face. Publication fees vary depending on the type face used and whether the legal notice is being published for the first time or for a second or subsequent time. Additionally, under current law, if the person requesting publication submits a legal notice to a newspaper in a format that does not require the newspaper to typeset or otherwise modify the legal notice, the fee for a second or subsequent publication applies. The minimum and maximum fee is adjusted every two years.
Under this bill, all legal notices must be published in Arial type face and a standard line rate applies for all publications. The bill eliminates the minimum rate and requires the standard line rate to be reviewed annually. In addition, under the bill, any newspaper that publishes a legal notice must also place an electronic copy of the legal notice, at no additional charge, on a Web site that is maintained by Wisconsin newspapers for the purpose of maintaining an electronic version of printed and published legal notices.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 3 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Jennifer Shilling · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (9)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · 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 23, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 31, 2012
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations.
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Jan 31, 2012
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 31, 2012 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Leibham, Shilling, Holperin, Schultz and Harsdorf;Cosponsored by Representatives Marklein, Doyle, Spanbauer, LeMahieu, Thiesfeldt, Petryk, Endsley, A. Ott and Molepske Jr
- Jan 31, 2012 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Utilities, Commerce, and Government Operations
- Feb 23, 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