Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly Bipartisan · 5 R · 4 D cosponsors

AB 807 — Relating to: office of county board counsel in certain counties. (FE)

Last action — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  1. ✓
    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed Assembly
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    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Assembly. Introduced December 23, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Senate.

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Likely to advance 74% · high confidence

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Odds of enactment

Moderate

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  • Passed Assembly

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    1 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (5 R · 4 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

An Act to create 59.42 (4) of the statutes;

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

33 added · 9 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to AB 807 removed the term "county administrator" from the criteria for establishing the office of board counsel. Now, only counties with a corporation counsel and a county executive can create this independent legal position. This change simplifies the requirements and ensures that the board counsel is directly linked to the more prominent role of the county executive, which may streamline legal advice and support for the county board.

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- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBa0995/1 EVM:emw ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 807 February 3, 2026 - Offered by RepresentatRTI-VELEZ.
- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-5159/1 EVM:cdc ASSEMBLY BILL 807 December 23, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives USTAFSON, ORTIZ-VELEZ, M OSES, K RUG, M IRESSE, G OODWIN, M URPHY , TAYLOR and G UNDRUM , cosponsored by Senator W ANGGAARD .
At the locations indicated, amend the substitute amendment as follows:
Referred to Committee on Local Government.
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A N A CT to create 59.42 (4) of the statutes;
Page 1, line 6:
relating to:
delete “or county administrator”.
office of county board counsel in certain counties.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill creates the office of board counsel in any county that employs a corporation counsel and that has a county executive or county administrator.
Board counsel is appointed by the county board and serves at the pleasure of the county board.
Board counsel is independent of the corporation counsel and provides advice and legal service to the county board.
For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
59.42 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
59.42 (4) OARD COUNSEL .
In any county that employs a corporation counsel, including a corporation counsel jointly designated by 2 or more counties, and that has a county executive or county administrator, there is created, independent of the - 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-5159/1 EVM:cdc ASSEMBLY BILL 807 S ECTION 1 corporation counsel, the office of board counsel.
Board counsel is appointed by the county board and serves at the pleasure of the county board.
Board counsel and any deputy board counsels shall be attorneys at law licensed in this state.
The duties of board counsel are to provide advice and legal service to the county board.
The board may leave the office of board counsel unfilled at the pleasure of the board.
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Action History

  1. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government

  3. Received from Assembly

  4. Ordered immediately messaged

  5. Read a third time and passed

  6. Rules suspended

  7. Representative Clancy added as a coauthor

  8. Ordered to a third reading

  9. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  10. Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  11. Read a second time

  12. Made a special order of business at 11:31 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  13. Referred to committee on Rules

  14. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 2

  15. Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 2

  16. Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 8, Noes 2

  17. Executive action taken

  18. Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Ortiz-Velez

  19. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Ortiz-Velez

  20. Public hearing held

  21. Fiscal estimate received

  22. Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  23. Introduced by Representatives Gustafson, Ortiz-Velez, Moses, Krug, Miresse, Goodwin, Murphy, Taylor and Gundrum; cosponsored by Senator Wanggaard

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 122 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (122)

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 807 do?
An Act to create 59.42 (4) of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 807?
AB 807 is sponsored by Wanggaard, Gustafson, Nate (Republican), Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia (Democrat), Moses, Clint (Republican), Krug, Scott (Republican), Miresse, Vincent (Democrat), Goodwin, Russell (Democrat), Murphy, David (Republican), Taylor, Sequanna (Democrat), and Gundrum, Rick (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 807?
This bill has passed the Assembly. Introduced December 23, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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