2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 445

Relating to: registers of deeds, transportation project plats, and providing a penalty. (FE)

Enacted Last action April 9, 2026: Published 4-9-2026

Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov

Sponsors 17

Prime sponsors

Behnke, Fitzgerald, Kaufert, Kirsch, Knodl, Krug, Miresse, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Snodgrass, Subeck, Tittl, VanderMeer, Wichgers

Status

Enacted as of April 9, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Assembly Local Government, Assembly Rules, Senate Transportation and Local Government (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 39

Date	Chamber	Action
April 9, 2026	Assembly	Published 4-9-2026
April 9, 2026	Assembly	Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 234
April 2, 2026	Assembly	Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
March 27, 2026	Assembly	Report correctly enrolled on 3-27-2026
March 27, 2026	Assembly	LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 1)
March 18, 2026	Assembly	Received from Senate concurred in
March 17, 2026	Senate	Ordered immediately messaged
March 17, 2026	Senate	Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
March 17, 2026	Senate	Read a third time and concurred in
March 17, 2026	Senate	Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
March 17, 2026	Senate	Ordered to a third reading
March 17, 2026	Senate	Read a second time
March 16, 2026	Senate	Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
March 16, 2026	Senate	Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
March 2, 2026	Senate	Available for scheduling
March 2, 2026	Senate	Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
March 2, 2026	Senate	Executive action taken
February 20, 2026	Senate	Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government
February 19, 2026	Senate	Received from Assembly
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Ordered immediately messaged
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Read a third time and passed
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Rules suspended
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Ordered to a third reading
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Read a second time
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Made a special order of business at 1:18 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13
February 12, 2026	Assembly	Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 10, Noes 0
February 12, 2026	Assembly	Referred to committee on Rules
February 12, 2026	Assembly	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 10, Noes 0
February 11, 2026	Assembly	Executive action taken
February 4, 2026	Assembly	Public hearing held
January 26, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Krug
October 31, 2025	Assembly	Fiscal estimate received
October 10, 2025	Assembly	Fiscal estimate received
October 6, 2025	Assembly	Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
September 22, 2025	Assembly	Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor
September 19, 2025	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government
September 19, 2025	Assembly	Introduced by Representatives Krug, Kaufert, Knodl, Miresse, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Snodgrass, Subeck, Tittl, VanderMeer, Wichgers, Kirsch, Fitzgerald and Behnke; cosponsored by Senators James and Nass

Data: Open States (bulk data, October 1, 2026 monthly extract, which has no roll-call tallies; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.