Relating to: the way town board vacancies are filled; public notice requirements for governmental meetings; appointment and removal procedures for certain town officeholders; a process for an applicant to appeal a permit denial to the governing body of a city, village, or town; wages paid to an elected town officer who also serves as a town employee; and the term of appointed town assessors. (FE)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Assembly Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Dec 5, 2019
Signed Mar 4, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
33
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Amendments
3
Mar 4, 2020
Signed into law
Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 140
lower
Feb 25, 2020
Introduced
LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
lower
Feb 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Received from Senate concurred in
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and concurred in
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Committee
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
upper
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed
lower
Feb 18, 2020
Lower · Passed
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Quinn
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Committee
Referred to committee on Rules
lower
Jan 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0
lower
Dec 5, 2019
Committee
Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government
lower
Dec 5, 2019
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Quinn, Summerfield, Ballweg, Brooks, Doyle, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, James, Kitchens, Krug, Kulp, Kurtz, Magnafici, B. Meyers, Milroy, Mursau, Novak, Oldenburg, Petersen, Petryk, Schraa, Swearingen, Tittl, Tusler, VanderMeer, Wichgers, Wittke and Vruwink;
cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Tiffany, Bernier, Bewley, LeMahieu, Marklein, Ringhand and Schachtner
lower
21 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bob Kulp
RRepublican
P
Chuck Wichgers
RRepublican
P
Cindi Duchow
RRepublican
P
James Edming
RRepublican
P
Jeff Mursau
RRepublican
P
Joan Ballweg
RRepublican
P
Joel Kitchens
RRepublican
P
Kevin Petersen
RRepublican
P
Mary Felzkowski
RRepublican
P
Michael Schraa
RRepublican
P
Nancy VanderMeer
RRepublican
P
Nick Milroy
DDemocratic
P
Paul Tittl
RRepublican
P
Rob Summerfield
RRepublican
P
Rob Swearingen
RRepublican
P
Romaine Quinn
RRepublican
P
Ron Tusler
RRepublican
P
Scott Krug
RRepublican
P
Steve Doyle
DDemocratic
P
Todd Novak
RRepublican
P
Warren Petryk
RRepublican
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