---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: eligibility of Washington Island Observer newspaper to receive compensation for publication of legal notices and the content of affidavits of printing filed as evidence of publication."
description: "Relating to: eligibility of Washington Island Observer newspaper to receive compensation for publication of legal notices and the content of affidavits of printing filed as evidence of publication."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 112"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 112 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duchow", "Kitchens", "Kulp", "Loudenbeck", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Novak", "Rohrkaste", "Skowronski", "Spreitzer", "Steffen", "Subeck", "Tusler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/036f210c-3f37-4b30-ac60-93efdf2918f1"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab112"
source_hash: "8ed1e112925952b98aa8ec911ca6b483c7eea281356059c77c6ec3df01e9da5b"
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 AB 112 (2019) — Relating to: eligibility of Washington Island Observer newspaper to receive compensation for publication of legal notices and the content of affidavits of printing filed as evidence of publication.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB112-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB112)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duchow — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Loudenbeck — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Rohrkaste — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Duchow, Kulp, Loudenbeck, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Rohrkaste, Skowronski, Spreitzer, Steffen, Subeck and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Cowles and Olsen `introduction`
- **2019-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Nass added as a cosponsor
- **2019-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-07-18T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0
- **2019-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-10-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-10-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2019-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2019-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2019-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-13-2019
- **2019-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-14-2019 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-20-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 32 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-21-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/036f210c-3f37-4b30-ac60-93efdf2918f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).