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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 306

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Relating to: time limits on local unit of government chief executive officer emergency power proclamations.

County — Board County — Officers Emergency government Municipality — Officers Town — Board Village — Officers

  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, a local unit of government’s chief executive officer may exercise by proclamation the emergency power conferred to the local unit of government if the local unit of government’s governing body is unable to meet promptly. This bill limits the length of such proclamation to 60 days, unless extended by the local unit of government’s governing body. The bill also defines “chief executive officer” as any of the following: 1) the county executive of a county, the county administrator of a county, or, in a county with an administrative coordinator, the county board chair of a county; 2) the mayor or city manager of a city; 3) the village president of a village; 4) the town board chairperson of a town; or 5) a person acting as one of the above stated persons.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Donovan (R) , Goodwin (D) , Gundrum (R) , Kaufert (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Murphy (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Sortwell (R) , Tusler (R)

3 cosponsors

Kapenga (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 2

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 Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 1

Passed 9–1 Oct 16, 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 as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 1

Passed 9–1 Oct 16, 2025 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. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives B. Jacobson, Ortiz-Velez, Allen, Behnke, Brill, Donovan, Goodwin, Gundrum, Kaufert, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Sortwell and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Kapenga and Wanggaard

  2. Jun 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  3. Jun 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative B. Jacobson

  4. Sep 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Oct 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 1

  7. Oct 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 1

  8. Oct 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Nov 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules

  10. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  11. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1