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AB433 • 2025

newspaper publication and typeface for certain legal notices

newspaper publication and typeface for certain legal notices

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representatives Novak, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Roe, Tranel, Wichgers, Johnson and Swearingen, cosponsored by Senators Quinn, Marklein, Pfaff, Roys and Spreitzer
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
A - Tabled
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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newspaper publication and typeface for certain legal notices

newspaper publication and typeface for certain legal notices Status: A - Tabled

What This Bill Does

  • newspaper publication and typeface for certain legal notices Status: A - Tabled

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2025-11-19 Asm.

    Laid on the table

  3. 2025-11-18 Asm.

    Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor

  4. 2025-11-13 Asm.

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

  5. 2025-10-08 Asm.

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary , Ayes 7, Noes 0

  6. 2025-10-08 Asm.

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. 2025-10-01 Asm.

    Executive action taken

  8. 2025-09-25 Asm.

    Public hearing held

  9. 2025-09-22 Asm.

    Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor

  10. 2025-09-15 Asm.

    Introduced by Representatives Novak , Gundrum , Knodl , Kreibich , Mursau , O'Connor , Penterman , Piwowarczyk , Roe , Tranel , Wichgers , Johnson and Swearingen ; cosponsored by Senators Quinn , Marklein , Pfaff , Roys and Spreitzer

  11. 2025-09-15 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

Official Summary Text

newspaper publication and typeface for certain legal notices
Status: A - Tabled

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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 433
September 15, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Novak
,
Gundrum
,
Knodl
,
Kreibich
,
Mursau
,
O'Connor
,
Penterman
,
Piwowarczyk
,
Roe
,
Tranel
,
Wichgers
,
Johnson
and
Swearingen
, cosponsored by Senators
Quinn
,
Marklein
,
Pfaff
,
Roys
and
Spreitzer
. Referred to Committee on Judiciary.
AB433,1,3
1
An Act

to repeal
35.35 (1) (a);
to renumber
35.35 (1) (b);
to amend
13.92 (1)
2
(b) 3. a., 35.17 (1) and 985.08 (2) (a) of the statutes;
relating to:
newspaper
3
publication and typeface for certain legal notices.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, certain legal notices are required by statute or by order of a court to be published in a newspaper. Currently, legal notices must be published in Arial typeface, and a standard line rate applies for all publications. This bill requires that legal notices be published in a sans serif typeface, rather than Arial specifically.
The bill also repeals obsolete language regarding newspaper publication of proposed constitutional amendments and other resolutions.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB433,1
4
Section

1
.
13.92 (1) (b) 3. a. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB433,2,7
5
13.92
(1)
(b) 3. a. Promptly after the passage of any bill, any joint resolution
6
amending the constitution, or any other resolution determined by the chief clerks to
1
require enrollment and, in the case of a bill, before it is presented to the governor for
2
approval, the chief clerk of the house in which the measure originated shall deliver
3
the jacket to the bureau
,
which shall enroll the proposal and return the jacket and
4
the required number of copies
, including a camera-ready copy of any proposed
5
constitutional amendment and each resolution requiring newspaper publication,
to
6
the chief clerk.
The camera-ready original of the enrolled proposal shall be retained
7
in the bureau.
AB433,2
8
Section

2
.
35.17 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB433,2,12
9
35.17
(1)
In enrolling under s. 13.92 (1) (b) 3. and for publishing under ss.
10
35.095
,

and
35.15
, and 35.35 (1) (a)
, the legislative reference bureau shall correct
11
minor clerical errors. No such correction shall be deemed an alteration of the
12
enrolled copy.
AB433,3
13
Section

3
.
35.35 (1) (a) of the statutes is repealed.
AB433,4
14
Section

4
.
35.35 (1) (b) of the statutes is renumbered 35.35 (1).
AB433,5
15
Section

5
.
985.08 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB433,3,4
16
985.08
(2)
(a) All legal notices shall be in
Arial type face

a sans serif typeface
.
17
A standard line shall be
a
6-point
Arial

sans serif typeface
on a 6-point leading
18
without spacing between the lines
,
and 11 picas in length. One inch equals 6
19
postscript pica and 72 postscript points. Nonstandard line lengths shall be allowed
20
with adjustments in fees according to variations in line length. When the person or
21
agency that places the notice elects not to use
a
6-point
Arial

sans serif typeface
, a
22
larger
Arial

sans serif typeface
up to 12 point may be used; in which case
23
adjustment shall be made in line rate, proportionately decreasing for sizes of type
24
over 6-point to produce the same net average compensation per column area. Such
1
adjustments shall be evaluated by the department of administration
,
which shall
2
certify the same to any newspaper, public official
,
or other interested party upon
3
request, and such certification shall be presumptive evidence of the correct
4
adjustments.
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