Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: office of county board counsel in certain counties. (FE)
Attorney Attorney general County — Officers
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- 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
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 pageNo 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 pageNo 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 pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Gustafson, Ortiz-Velez, Moses, Krug, Miresse, Goodwin, Murphy, Taylor and Gundrum; cosponsored by Senator Wanggaard
- Dec 23, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government
- Jan 7, 2026 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 21, 2026 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 21, 2026 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Ortiz-Velez
- Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Ortiz-Velez
- Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 2
- Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 2
- Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 2
- Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 11:31 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
- Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
- Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
- Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Clancy added as a coauthor
- Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 23, 2026 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Feb 27, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1