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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 807

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Relating to: office of county board counsel in certain counties. (FE)

Attorney Attorney general County — 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

This bill creates the office of board counsel in any county that employs a corporation counsel and that has a county executive or county administrator. Board counsel is appointed by the county board and serves at the pleasure of the county board. Board counsel is independent of the corporation counsel and provides advice and legal service to the county board.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Goodwin (D) , Gundrum (R) , Gustafson (R) , Krug (R) , Miresse (D) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Taylor (D)

2 cosponsors

Clancy (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

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 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 2

Passed 8–2 Feb 5, 2026 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 2

Passed 8–2 Feb 5, 2026 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 8, Noes 2

Passed 8–2 Feb 5, 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. Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Gustafson, Ortiz-Velez, Moses, Krug, Miresse, Goodwin, Murphy, Taylor and Gundrum; cosponsored by Senator Wanggaard

  2. Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  3. Jan 7, 2026 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 21, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 21, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Ortiz-Velez

  6. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Ortiz-Velez

  7. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 2

  10. Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 2

  11. Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 2

  12. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:31 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  13. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  15. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  16. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Clancy added as a coauthor

  18. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  19. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  20. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Feb 23, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  22. Feb 27, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government

  23. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1