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SB194 • 2025

obtaining attorney fees and costs under the state’s public records law when an authority voluntarily or unilaterally releases a contested record after an action has been filed in court

obtaining attorney fees and costs under the state’s public records law when an authority voluntarily or unilaterally releases a contested record after an action has been filed in court

Did Not Pass

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

Sponsor
Senators Wanggaard, Feyen, Kapenga, Quinn, Roys, Spreitzer, Stafsholt, Nass and Tomczyk, cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Swearingen, Anderson, Armstrong, Behnke, Franklin, Goeben, Gundrum, Gustafson, Kitchens, Knodl, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Rodriguez, Steffen, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, Wichgers, Wittke and Allen
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
A - Rules
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-03-10 Asm.

    Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  3. 2026-03-06 Asm.

    Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

  4. 2026-01-23 Asm.

    Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor

  5. 2025-05-27 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  6. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Senators Ratcliff and Carpenter added as coauthors

  7. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Read a second time

  8. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Ordered to a third reading

  9. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  10. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Read a third time and passed

  11. 2025-05-15 Sen.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. 2025-05-15 Asm.

    Received from Senate

  13. 2025-05-13 Sen.

    Placed on calendar 5-15-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  14. 2025-05-08 Sen.

    Senator Drake added as a coauthor

  15. 2025-05-08 Sen.

    Executive action taken

  16. 2025-05-08 Sen.

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety , Ayes 8, Noes 0

  17. 2025-05-08 Sen.

    Available for scheduling

  18. 2025-04-30 Sen.

    Public hearing held

  19. 2025-04-14 Sen.

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard , Feyen , Kapenga , Quinn , Roys , Spreitzer , Stafsholt , Nass and Tomczyk ; cosponsored by Representatives Novak , Swearingen , Anderson , Armstrong , Behnke , Franklin , Goeben , Gundrum , Gustafson , Kitchens , Knodl , Murphy , Mursau , Nedweski , O'Connor , Rodriguez , Steffen , Tittl , Tranel , Tusler , Wichgers , Wittke and Allen

  20. 2025-04-14 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

Official Summary Text

obtaining attorney fees and costs under the state’s public records law when an authority voluntarily or unilaterally releases a contested record after an action has been filed in court
Status: A - Rules