Read the full stored bill text
Wisconsin Legislature: AB1231: Bill Text
Skip navigation
Home
Documents
Senate
Assembly
Committees
Service Agencies
Docs
Options
Help
2025 Biennium
Statutes
Admin. Rules
Indices
Miscellaneous
Archives
Home
Bill, Rule, and Appointment Histories
Senators
Representatives
Committees
Text of Introduced Proposals
Amendment Text
Acts
Veto Messages
Enrolled Bills
Votes
Assembly and Senate Floor Calendars
Schedule of Committee Activities
Assembly and Senate Journals
Committee Records (ROCPs)
Legislative Rules
All Session-Related Documents
Subject Index to Acts
Subject Index to Legislation
Subject Index to Journals
Author Index to Legislation
Subject Index to Clearinghouse Rules
Miscellaneous Budget Documents
Executive Orders
Rulings of the Chair
Wisconsin Supreme Court Rules
Opinions of the Attorney General
Town Law Forms
Law
Districts
Session
Drafting Files
Feeds
Preferences
Show tree
Hide tree
Feedback
Help
Home
Senate Home
Senators
Committees
Session
Chief Clerk
Sergeant at Arms
Civics Education
Human Resources
Assembly Home
Representatives
Committees
Session
Chief Clerk
Sergeant at Arms
Human Resources
Schedule
Joint
Senate
Assembly
Study
Legislative Audit Bureau
Legislative Council
Legislative Fiscal Bureau
Legislative Human Resources Office
Legislative Reference Bureau
Legislative Technology Services Bureau
Menu
»
2025
»
Related Documents
»
Proposal Text
»
AB1231: Bill Text
Up
Up
2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
LRB-6625/1
ZDW&CMH:ajk
2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 1231
March 19, 2026 - Introduced by Representatives
Emerson
,
Prado
,
Miresse
,
Fitzgerald
,
Moore Omokunde
,
Sinicki
,
Roe
,
McCarville
,
Bare
,
Rivera-Wagner
,
Clancy
and
Anderson
, cosponsored by Senators
Smith
,
Dassler-Alfheim
,
Ratcliff
and
Roys
. Referred to Committee on State Affairs.
AB1231,1,4
1
An Act
to amend
13.92 (1) (a) 5., 13.94 (1) (c), 35.84 (intro.) and (figure) column
2
E (title), 84.02 (5) (b) and 84.02 (5) (c);
to create
35.84 (figure) column F of the
3
statutes;
relating to:
the distribution of the Wisconsin Blue Book and
4
highway maps.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill reduces the number of Blue Books that the Department of Administration is required to distribute. First, the bill eliminates the requirement that Blue Books be distributed to entities such as constitutional officers, legislative service agencies, state agencies, libraries, and educational institutions. Second, the bill requires the Legislative Reference Bureau, before entering into a contract to print the Blue Book, to ask each legislative office how many, if any, copies the office would like. The bill sets a cap at 350 Blue Books for an assembly office and 600 Blue Books for a senate office, which is the number each such office receives under current law. The bill also requires the LRB to inform each office that the Blue Book is available online when asking how many printed copies the office wants.
The bill also eliminates the requirement that the Department of Transportation automatically provide legislative members and officers and the LRB highway service maps and folded highway maps. Under the bill, members of the legislature may request and receive up to 50 highway service maps and up to 500 folded highway maps at no charge.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB1231,1
1
Section
1
.
13.92 (1) (a) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1231,2,7
2
13.92
(1)
(a) 5. Prepare copy for the biennial Wisconsin Blue Book
. Before
3
contractually committing to the number of copies to be printed each biennium, the
4
legislative reference bureau shall contact each legislative office to ask how many
5
copies of the Blue Book, if any, that office requests and inform the office that the
6
Blue Book is available online. The number requested from each legislative office
7
may not exceed the cap under s. 35.84
.
AB1231,2
8
Section
2
.
13.94 (1) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1231,2,15
9
13.94
(1)
(c) At the state auditor’s discretion or as the joint legislative audit
10
committee directs, audit the central accounting records of the department of
11
administration. A detailed report of such audit shall be filed as provided by par. (b),
12
and copies shall be provided to each member or member-elect of the legislature and
13
shall be available in limited number to the public. The bureau shall also prepare a
14
summary of such audit report, for distribution
in the same manner as the
15
Wisconsin Blue Book
as provided
under s. 35.84.
AB1231,3
16
Section
3
.
35.84 (intro.) and (figure) column E (title) of the statutes are
17
amended to read:
AB1231,3,5
18
35.84
Distribution, to whom.
(intro.) The department shall make
19
distribution of official documents as indicated and shall charge the appropriations
1
of the state agency publishing or arranging for publication of each official document
2
for the total cost of distribution as determined under s. 35.80. Distribution is
3
automatic unless indicated otherwise
or except that, with respect to the Blue Book,
4
the distribution shall be as determined under s. 13.92 (1) (a) 5
. [See Figure 35.84
5
following]
AB1231,3,6
6
Column E (title)
Blue Books
Audit Report Summaries
; s.
35.24 (1)
13.94 (1) (c)
AB1231,4
7
Section
4
.
35.84 (figure) column F of the statutes is created to read:
AB1231,3,8
8
35.84 (figure) column F Blue Books; s. 35.24 (1)
AB1231,3,10
9
10. Each Senator
10
see s. 13.92 (1) (a) 5.; cap 600
AB1231,3,13
11
11. Each Representative to the Assembly
12
13
see s. 13.92 (1) (a) 5.; cap 350
AB1231,5
14
Section
5
.
84.02 (5) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1231,3,22
15
84.02
(5)
(b) Upon publication of the highway service maps, the department
16
shall
contact each member of the legislature to ask how many copies of the highway
17
service maps, if any, that member requests. The department shall
distribute
the
18
requested maps
without charge
50 of these maps to each officer and member of the
19
legislature
.
The number of highway service maps requested from each member of
20
the legislature may not exceed 50.
Any
officer or
member of the legislature may
21
request additional highway service maps.
The
A
request may be written or oral.
22
The fee for the additional maps shall be the fee set by the department under par. (a).
AB1231,6
23
Section
6
.
84.02 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB1231,4,9
1
84.02
(5)
(c) Upon publication of the folded highway maps, the department
2
shall
contact each member of the legislature to ask how many copies of the folded
3
highway maps, if any, that member requests. The department shall
distribute
the
4
requested maps
without charge
500 of these maps to each officer and member of the
5
legislature and 300 of these maps to the legislative reference bureau. Any officer or
6
member of the legislature may request additional folded highway maps. The
7
request may be written or oral. No charge may be made for the additional folded
8
highway maps
.
The number of folded highway maps requested from each member
9
of the legislature may not exceed 500.
AB1231,4,10
10
(end)
Down
Down
/2025/related/proposals/ab1231
true
proposaltext
/2025/related/proposals/ab1231
proposaltext/2025/REG/AB1231
proposaltext/2025/REG/AB1231
section
true
Menu
»
2025
»
Related Documents
»
Proposal Text
»
AB1231: Bill Text
×
Details for
PDF view
Link
(Permanent link)
Bookmark this location
View toggle
Go to top of document
Search in this chapter
Search in this section
Search in this agency
Search in this chapter group
Search in this chapter
Search in this section
Cross references for section
Acts affecting this section
References to this
1970 Statutes Annotations
Appellate Court Citations
Administrative Code Index
Reference lines
Clear highlighting