SB 333 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: increasing certain court fees and surcharges and indexing those amounts for inflation. (FE)

SB 333 increases specific court filing fees for civil, criminal, and family court cases, with new amounts ranging from $55 to $239 (up from previous rates like $20 to $75). It requires these fees to be automatically adjusted every five years starting in 2030 based on the U.S. consumer price index for inflation, rounded up to the nearest dollar. The bill directly affects defendants and plaintiffs paying court fees, as well as county treasurers who collect and distribute the funds. For example, the fee for civil actions rises from $75 to $190, and family court filings increase from $20 to $55.
Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jun 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jun 19, 2025 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Key actions
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Committee
3
Amendments
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Feb 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 2 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Committee
Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
upper
Jan 26, 2026
Introduced
Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senator Wanggaard
upper
Jan 7, 2026
Introduced
Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard
upper
Jun 19, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Senator Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Allen, O'Connor, Donovan, Mursau, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Goeben, B. Jacobson, Kitchens, Maxey, Piwowarczyk, Steffen and Melotik
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Van Wanggaard
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