Senate Bill 131
Venue for actions in which the legislature is a party
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
Mar 14, 2023
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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, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Elections and Consumer Protection. 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 provides that when the legislature is a party to an action, the Wisconsin Supreme Court will assign venue at random. Under the bill, if an action is filed in which the legislature is a party, the clerk of courts for the county in which that action has been filed must notify the clerk of the supreme court within five days.
Upon receipt of the notice, the supreme court must select at random a judicial circuit and then assign that circuit as the venue for the case. The clerk of the supreme court must then notify both the clerk of courts for the county in which the case was initially filed and the clerk of courts for the county where the action is assigned, and the case will be treated as if it was filed in the judicial circuit assigned by the supreme court.
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Under the bill, neither a court, acting on its own, nor a party may move for a change of venue once the case has been assigned to a judicial circuit.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . All 5 are Republicans.
14 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (14)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Karen Hurd · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Nik Rettinger · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 14, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Elections and Consumer Protection.
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Mar 14, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 14, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators James, Cowles, Marklein, Quinn and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Allen, Armstrong, Behnke, Donovan, Edming, Hurd, Kitchens, Macco, Moses, Murphy, Rettinger, Rozar and Sortwell
- Mar 14, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Elections and Consumer Protection
- Apr 15, 2024 · 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
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