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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: bid requirement for publication and printing of county board proceedings, notices, and advertisements in counties having a population of 250,000 or more and at least two English newspapers published daily."
+description: "Relating to: bid requirement for publication and printing of county board proceedings, notices, and advertisements in counties having a population of 250,000 or more and at least two English newspapers published daily."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 162"
+citation: "Wisconsin SB 162 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Wall", "Wimberger"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-03-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-12-10T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e3d6545-900b-40a3-b278-13f991c395dd"
+source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb162"
+source_hash: "c3dc8beabe0e94f88d9b89acb88b4d172492a5e6fba2a19d708e92e7bbe13876"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
+---
+
+# Wisconsin SB 162 (2025) — Relating to: bid requirement for publication and printing of county board proceedings, notices, and advertisements in counties having a population of 250,000 or more and at least two English newspapers published daily.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB162)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Wall — primary (person)
+- Wimberger — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Wimberger and Wall; cosponsored by Representatives Goeben, O'Connor and Knodl `introduction`
+- **2025-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2025-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2025-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **2025-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
+- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor
+- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
+- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2025-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-07-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
+- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor
+- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
+- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
+- **2025-11-24T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-12-04T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-12-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 70 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-12-10T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-10-2025 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e3d6545-900b-40a3-b278-13f991c395dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+