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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 162

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Relating to: bid requirement for publication and printing of county board proceedings, notices, and advertisements in counties having a population of 250,000 or more and at least two English newspapers published daily.

County — Board Newspaper and magazine

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, in counties that have a population of 250,000 or more, the county board must, at its annual meeting, direct the county clerk to invite proposals from the English newspapers published daily in that county for the publication and printing of the board’s proceedings and all other notices or advertisements authorized or required to be published or printed by the board and all officers, boards, and departments of that county during the following year. This bill modifies the requirement, providing that only counties that have a population of 250,000 or more

and

have at least two English newspapers published daily must direct the county clerk to invite proposals for publication and printing.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Wall (D) , Wimberger (R)

5 cosponsors

Goeben (R) , Knodl (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ratcliff (D) , Stubbs (D)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jun 5, 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. Mar 27, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wimberger and Wall; cosponsored by Representatives Goeben, O'Connor and Knodl

  2. Mar 27, 2025 · Senate

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

  3. May 27, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jun 4, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Jun 5, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Jun 5, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Jun 17, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  9. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  10. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  11. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor

  12. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Jun 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Jul 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  16. Nov 13, 2025 · Assembly

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

  17. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor

  18. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  19. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  20. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  21. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  22. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  23. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  24. Nov 20, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  25. Nov 24, 2025 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  26. Dec 4, 2025 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025

  27. Dec 10, 2025 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 70

  28. Dec 10, 2025 · Senate

    Published 12-10-2025