republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-443.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: increasing the maximum fee for court costs collectible in a municipal court action. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: increasing the maximum fee for court costs collectible in a municipal court action. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 443"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 443 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Armstrong", "B. Jacobson", "Brill", "Dittrich", "Goeben", "Gundrum", "Kaufert", "Kitchens", "Maxey", "Murphy", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "Piwowarczyk", "Steffen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-09-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92583066-4468-4a79-886d-f58451b21113"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab443"
source_hash: "2ffba46efcd4cbe24029289a181bcb4c16c1f53f076682021a472c5c010ad116"
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 443 (2025) — Relating to: increasing the maximum fee for court costs collectible in a municipal court action. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB443-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB443)

## Votes

- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **88–11** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Armstrong — primary (person)
- B. Jacobson — primary (person)
- Brill — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Goeben — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Kaufert — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Maxey — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Kaufert, Gundrum, Maxey, B. Jacobson, Armstrong, Steffen, Allen, Dittrich, Piwowarczyk, Murphy, O'Connor, Mursau, Goeben, Kitchens and Brill; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard and Dassler-Alfheim `introduction`
- **2025-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-10-21T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kaufert
- **2025-10-29T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 88, Noes 11 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Senator James added as a cosponsor
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-12-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 113 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-21-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92583066-4468-4a79-886d-f58451b21113`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).