Bills by subject

Court: Municipal

26 bills and resolutions. 5 became law and 10 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 1075 The age of juvenile court jurisdiction and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 30, 2026
AB 50 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026
AB 292 The use of artificial intelligence or other machine assisted translation in court proceedings and of telephone or live audiovisual interpretation in criminal trials. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026
SB 295 The use of artificial intelligence or other machine assisted translation in court proceedings and of telephone or live audiovisual interpretation in criminal trials. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 23, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 7

Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 292: The use of artificial intelligence or other machine assisted translation in court proceedings and of telephone or live audiovisual interpretation in criminal trials. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 20, 2026
AB 443: Increasing the maximum fee for court costs collectible in a municipal court action. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 30, 2026
AB 1075: The age of juvenile court jurisdiction and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 295: The use of artificial intelligence or other machine assisted translation in court proceedings and of telephone or live audiovisual interpretation in criminal trials. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 470: Increasing the maximum fee for court costs collectible in a municipal court action. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

2011–12 session: 11

Mar 23, 2012
AB 101: Requiring a municipal judge to be a licensed Wisconsin attorney.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 182: Assignment of income, prizes, and earnings to pay a municipal court judgment and prohibiting municipal electric or water utilities from collecting certain utility arrearages from owners of rental properties as property liens.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 285: Municipal court fees.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 385: Making a contribution to a crime prevention organization as a surcharge or as an allowable cost in a criminal case, as a condition of probation, or as a surcharge in a forfeiture case.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 537: The disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to other juvenile courts, municipal courts, courts of criminal jurisdiction, district attorneys and other prosecutors, and law enforcement agencies and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
May 18, 2012
AB 703: The age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance and who has not previously been adjudicated delinquent is subject to circuit court or municipal court rather than juvenile court jurisdiction.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 12, 2012
SB 173: The disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to law enforcement agencies and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 252: Municipal court fees.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 318: Requiring a municipal judge to be a licensed Wisconsin attorney.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 454: The role of the clerk of a circuit court in filing the oath and bond of a municipal judge; signatures on citations or complaints alleging a violation of a municipal ordinance; the fee for a transcript of an electronic recording of municipal court proceedings; and the authority of a municipal court judge to order a default judgment against a defendant who fails to appear at trial (suggested as remedial legislation by the Law Revision Committee).
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2012
SB 541: Making a contribution to a crime prevention organization as a surcharge or as an allowable cost in a criminal case, as a condition of probation, or as a surcharge in a forfeiture case.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 8

Apr 28, 2010
AB 60: Payment of judgments in traffic courts and municipal courts by installments and the suspension of operating privileges.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 182: Assignment of income, prizes, and earnings to pay a municipal court judgment.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 468: Municipal court fees.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 732: The age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a criminal law, a civil law, or a municipal ordinance is subject to circuit court or municipal court jurisdiction rather than juvenile court jurisdiction; creating a community youth and family aids surcharge; authorizing the Department of Corrections to set the youth aids daily rates for care of a juvenile in a juvenile correctional facility or a treatment facility; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Jun 5, 2009
SB 37: Payment of judgments in traffic courts and municipal courts by installments and the suspension of operating privileges.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 329: Municipal court fees.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 20, 2010
SB 383: Municipal court elections, judges, and procedure, and providing penalties.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 674: The age at which a person who is alleged to have violated a civil law or municipal ordinance is subject to circuit court or municipal court jurisdiction rather than to juvenile court jurisdiction and prohibiting a juvenile who has committed a civil law or municipal ordinance violation from being placed in a juvenile detention facility.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject