Assembly Bill 60
Publication of proceedings of meetings held by certain governmental bodies
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
Feb 12, 2021
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Local Government. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill authorizes city councils and the boards of villages, counties, school districts, and technical college districts to satisfy their legal obligation to publish the proceedings of regular and special meetings by posting a copy of the proceedings in a public place, electronically placing a copy of the proceedings on the Internet site maintained by the respective governmental unit, and transmitting a copy to the newspaper designated by the governmental unit or likely to give notice in the territory of the governmental unit. Generally, proceedings are defined as the substance of every official action taken by a local governing body at any meeting of the governing body. With some exceptions, current law requires each of these governmental units to publish proceedings of meetings held by the council or board in a newspaper published in the jurisdiction.
Under the bill, before the governmental unit may discontinue publication in a newspaper, the governmental unit must do the following:
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1. Provide 180 days' notice to the newspaper.
2. Publish two separate notices in the newspaper indicating that it will discontinue publication in the newspaper and will instead post, electronically place, and transmit the proceedings. The governmental unit may discontinue publication of its proceedings 30 days after the second notice required under this provision.
3. Establish an electronic notification service to notify interested individuals and organizations in the governmental unit each time the proceedings are posted, electronically placed, and transmitted.
Who's behind it
17 representatives are its . 15 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (17)
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 12, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Local Government.
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Feb 12, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 12, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Brooks, Bowen, Gundrum, Horlacher, Krug, Kurtz, Murphy, Rozar, Schraa, Skowronski, Snyder, Spiros, Subeck, Tittl, Kuglitsch, Mursau and Duchow; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, L. Taylor, Jacque, Felzkowski and Stroebel
- Feb 12, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government
- Mar 3, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Kurtz withdrawn as a coauthor
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
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
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