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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 1054

Public affairs network request for proposals

Topics: Administration, Department of: Budget and fiscal issues, Data processing, Organization, Miscellaneous, Purchasing, Government

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 26, 2026

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs. The committee's chair at the time was Rob Swearingen. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 994. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires the Department of Administration to issue a request for proposals to solicit bids on a contract for the operation of a public affairs network in Wisconsin. Under the bill, the contract must include all of the following requirements and prohibitions:

1. The public affairs network must provide unedited live video and audio coverage, including online, of state government proceedings. State government proceedings include floor sessions of the senate and assembly, meetings of legislative committees, meetings of executive branch agencies, supreme court and other judicial proceedings, news conferences by legislators or other state government officials, and related civic events. Under the bill, in making coverage decisions, the public affairs network must prioritize floor sessions of the senate and assembly, meetings of legislative committees, meetings of executive branch agencies, and supreme court and other judicial proceedings and may, if practicable, provide coverage of eligible news conferences and civic events.

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2. The public affairs network must provide coverage by live stream online of all legislative proceedings that are open to the public.

3. The public affairs network must permanently maintain and provide online public access to unedited digital archives of all of its coverage of all such state government proceedings.

4. No fee may be charged to access live or archived coverage of floor sessions of the senate and assembly or meetings of the Joint Committee on Finance.

5. The public affairs network must be strictly nonpartisan.

6. The public affairs network must provide that its coverage may not be used for campaign purposes.

Who's behind it

4 representatives are its ⁠. All 4 are Republicans.

15 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (4)

Signed on in support (15)

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 26, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.

  3. Feb 26, 2026

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 26, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Brill, Wichgers, Gustafson and Kreibich; cosponsored by Senators Bradley, LeMahieu, Felzkowski, Feyen, Testin, Marklein, Cabral-Guevara, Tomczyk, Hutton, Jacque, James, Nass, Quinn, Stafsholt and Wanggaard

  2. Feb 26, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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