AB 445 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: registers of deeds, transportation project plats, and providing a penalty. (FE)

AB 445 updates procedures for county registers of deeds regarding property records and transportation project maps (plats). It revises how documents are numbered, indexed, and recorded - requiring unique sequential numbers for each document and clarifying "legal description" definitions for property records. These changes directly affect county offices handling property deeds, mortgages, and transportation project plats, streamlining administrative processes without altering fees or substantive rights. The bill focuses on procedural consistency in record-keeping across statutes.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Assembly Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Sep 19, 2025 Signed Apr 9, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
39
Key actions
8
Committee
5
Amendments
4
Apr 9, 2026
Signed into law
Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 234
lower
Mar 27, 2026
Introduced
LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)
lower
Mar 17, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and concurred in
upper
Mar 16, 2026
Upper · Passed
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
upper
Mar 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Lower · Passed
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
lower
Feb 18, 2026
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Committee
Referred to committee on Rules
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 10, Noes 0
lower
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 10, Noes 0
lower
Jan 26, 2026
Introduced
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Krug
lower
Sep 19, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Krug, Kaufert, Knodl, Miresse, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Snodgrass, Subeck, Tittl, VanderMeer, Wichgers, Kirsch, Fitzgerald and Behnke; cosponsored by Senators James and Nass
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17 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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