---
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).