SB 275 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: statements of scope for administrative rules. (FE)

SB 275 establishes time limits for statements of scope used by state agencies when creating administrative rules. It requires permanent rule scope statements to expire after 30 months and emergency rule statements after 6 months, after which agencies cannot base new rules on expired statements. The bill also mandates separate scope statements for concurrent emergency and permanent rule proposals and prohibits agencies from using a single scope statement for multiple rules. These changes apply to all Wisconsin administrative agencies creating new rules under the state's rulemaking process.
Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Nov 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Assembly Passage
Feb 2026
Vetoed
Mar 2026
Introduced May 21, 2025 Vetoed Mar 20, 2026
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MODERATE
This bill updates Wisconsin's administrative rulemaking process by clarifying that agencies must submit separate scope statements for emergency and permanent rules. It significantly shortens the expiration time for emergency rule scope statements from 30 months to 6 months while keeping permanent rule scope statements at 30 months. Additionally, it limits agencies to promulgating only one permanent or one emergency rule per scope statement to prevent rule stacking.
Scope change
The bill applies to all administrative rules submitted for legislative review, specifically targeting the timing and quantity of rules an agency can issue based on a single scope statement.
TIMELINE

Reduced the expiration period for scope statements regarding proposed emergency rules from 30 months to 6 months.

REQUIREMENT

Required agencies to prepare separate scope statements if they intend to promulgate both an emergency rule and a permanent rule simultaneously.

Established a limit preventing agencies from promulgating more than one permanent rule or one emergency rule based on a single scope statement.

DEFINITION

Renumbered and amended existing statute sections to reflect the new structure for permanent and emergency rule scope statements.

Floor votes · Assembly Feb 12, 2026

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
35
Key actions
3
Committee
1
Mar 20, 2026
Vetoed
Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-20-2026
upper
Feb 12, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 53, Noes 45
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 18, Noes 15
upper
Nov 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2
upper
May 21, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Senators Hutton, Bradley, Tomczyk, Nass, Kapenga, Feyen, Cabral-Guevara and Stafsholt; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, Nedweski, Armstrong, Penterman, O'Connor, Tusler, Mursau, Maxey, Green, Murphy, Dittrich, Tranel, Gustafson, Moses, Piwowarczyk, Neylon, Gundrum, Dallman, Callahan, Donovan, B. Jacobson, Behnke, Goeben, Kaufert, Tittl, Rodriguez, Wichgers and Wittke
upper
8 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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