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SB 194 Failed

Relating to: obtaining attorney fees and costs under the state’s public records law when an authority voluntarily or unilaterally releases a contested record after an action has been filed in court.

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20 actions
  1. Mar 23, 2026 lower
    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Mar 10, 2026 lower
    Representative Billings added as a cosponsor
  3. Mar 6, 2026 lower
    Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
  4. Jan 23, 2026 lower
    Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor
  5. May 27, 2025 lower
    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
  6. May 15, 2025 lower
    Received from Senate
  7. May 15, 2025 upper
    Ordered immediately messaged
  8. May 15, 2025 upper
    Read a third time and passed
  9. May 15, 2025 upper
    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
  10. May 15, 2025 upper
    Ordered to a third reading
  11. May 15, 2025 upper
    Read a second time
  12. May 15, 2025 upper
    Senators Ratcliff and Carpenter added as coauthors
  13. May 13, 2025 upper
    Placed on calendar 5-15-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
  14. May 8, 2025 upper
    Available for scheduling
  15. May 8, 2025 upper
    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
  16. May 8, 2025 upper
    Executive action taken
  17. May 8, 2025 upper
    Senator Drake added as a coauthor
  18. Apr 30, 2025 upper
    Public hearing held
  19. Apr 14, 2025 upper
    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
  20. Apr 14, 2025 upper
    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Feyen, Kapenga, Quinn, Roys, Spreitzer, Stafsholt, Nass and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Swearingen, Anderson, Armstrong, Behnke, Franklin, Goeben, Gundrum, Gustafson, Kitchens, Knodl, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Rodriguez, Steffen, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, Wichgers, Wittke and Allen
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