republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2019/ab-661.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "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)"
description: "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)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 661"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 661 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Meyers", "Ballweg", "Brooks", "Doyle", "Duchow", "Edming", "Felzkowski", "James", "Kitchens", "Krug", "Kulp", "Kurtz", "Magnafici", "Milroy", "Mursau", "Novak", "Oldenburg", "Petersen", "Petryk", "Quinn", "Schraa", "Summerfield", "Swearingen", "Tittl", "Tusler", "VanderMeer", "Vruwink", "Wichgers", "Wittke"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-12-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d28f97ec-0002-4f0c-9f2c-b7a32ea86888"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab661"
source_hash: "dd2329871b6b95eb1749e139fd49f17bc5c83d137b644919d9dfb38211148a50"
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 661 (2019) — 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)

## 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/AB661-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB661)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Meyers — primary (person)
- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Doyle — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Kurtz — primary (person)
- Magnafici — primary (person)
- Milroy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Oldenburg — primary (person)
- Petersen — primary (person)
- Petryk — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Schraa — primary (person)
- Summerfield — primary (person)
- Swearingen — primary (person)
- Tittl — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- VanderMeer — primary (person)
- Vruwink — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)
- Wittke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-12-05T06:00:00+00:00** 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 `introduction`
- **2019-12-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2019-12-12T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Duchow withdrawn as a coauthor
- **2019-12-12T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-12-13T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2020-01-03T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2020-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Quinn `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 140 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-4-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d28f97ec-0002-4f0c-9f2c-b7a32ea86888`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).