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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 282

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Relating to: local government rules of proceedings and consideration of ordinances or resolutions for which enactment or adoption previously failed. (FE)

County — Board Municipality — Council Ordinance Town — Board Village

  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 this bill, the rules of proceedings for a governing body of a political subdivision may not prohibit the body from taking up an ordinance or resolution that is substantially similar or identical to an earlier ordinance or resolution that was taken up and voted upon but not enacted or adopted if the later ordinance or resolution is taken up at least two years after the earlier.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Murphy (R) , Sortwell (R)

1 cosponsors

Jacque (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 3

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

Full history

  1. May 30, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell and Murphy; cosponsored by Senator Jacque

  2. May 30, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  3. Jun 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

  4. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Oct 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1