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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 275

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Relating to: challenges to the validity of administrative rules and making an appropriation. (FE)

Administrative rules Attorney — Fee Court

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the validity of an administrative rule may be challenged in an action for declaratory judgment or in certain other judicial proceedings when material therein. This bill requires a court, if the court declares a rule invalid, to award the party asserting the invalidity of the rule reasonable attorney fees and costs.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Brooks (R) , Callahan (R) , Dittrich (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Gustafson (R) , Knodl (R) , Maxey (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nedweski (R) , Neylon (R) , O'Connor (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Steffen (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R)

8 cosponsors

Bradley (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Feyen (R) , Hutton (R) , Nass (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Wimberger (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 20

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Dec 2, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

Passed 11–4 Feb 4, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. May 30, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Tusler, Armstrong, Behnke, Brooks, Callahan, Dittrich, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Neylon, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Rodriguez, Steffen, Tittl, Tranel, Wichgers and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, Bradley, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Hutton, Nass, Stafsholt and Tomczyk

  2. May 30, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency

  3. Jun 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jun 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jun 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jun 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Jun 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Jun 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Jun 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Jun 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  11. Jun 30, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  12. Jul 1, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  13. Aug 1, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  14. Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  15. Nov 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  16. Dec 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  17. Dec 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  18. Dec 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  19. Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  20. Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a)

  21. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance

  22. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

  23. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  24. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-12-2026 by Committee on Rules

  25. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Tusler

  26. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  27. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1