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AB320 • 2025
increasing certain court fees and surcharges and indexing those amounts for inflation
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
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Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 179
Published 4-4-2026
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
Report correctly enrolled on 2-23-2026
Senate Amendment 1 concurred in
Action ordered immediately messaged
Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate amendment1 adopted)
Read a second time
Senate Amendment 1 adopted
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 31, Noes 2
Ordered immediately messaged
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard
Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Executive action taken
Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance , Ayes 15, Noes 0
Available for scheduling
Executive action taken
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety , Ayes 8, Noes 0
Available for scheduling
Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
Senator James added as a cosponsor
Public hearing held
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
Read a second time
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author
Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Allen
Assembly Amendment 2 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 65, Noes 32
Ordered immediately messaged
Received from Assembly
Placed on calendar 1-22-2026 by Committee on Rules
Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Allen
Representative Kurtz added as a coauthor
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary , Ayes 6, Noes 2
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary , Ayes 6, Noes 2
Referred to committee on Rules
Executive action taken
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Allen
Senator Jacque added as a cosponsor
Representative Gundrum added as a coauthor
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Allen
Public hearing held
Representative Goodwin withdrawn as a coauthor
Fiscal estimate received
Representative Goodwin added as a coauthor
Introduced by Representatives Allen , O'Connor , Donovan , Mursau , Armstrong , Behnke , Brill , Brooks , Dittrich , Goeben , B. Jacobson , Kitchens , Maxey , Piwowarczyk , Steffen and Melotik ; cosponsored by Senator Wanggaard
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
increasing certain court fees and surcharges and indexing those amounts for inflation Status: A - Enacted into Law