WI AB 170
deadRelating to: prohibiting the Department of Justice from using the legal services of nongovernmental employees. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WI AB 170 pass?
No. WI AB 170 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-03-23). Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
What is WI AB 170 about?
WI AB 170 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: prohibiting the Department of Justice from using the legal services of nongovernmental employees. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI AB 170?
Mursau, Melotik, Penterman and 13 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 170.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-09
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Mursauprimary
- Melotikprimary
- Pentermanprimary
- Knodlprimary
- Behnkeprimary
- Allenprimary
- Dittrichprimary
- Kreibichprimary
- Maxeyprimary
- Mosesprimary
- Franklinprimary
- Donovanprimary
- B. Jacobsonprimary
- Murphyprimary
- Tuslerprimary
- O'Connorprimary
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-04-09
Introduced by Representatives O'Connor, Tusler, Murphy, B. Jacobson, Donovan, Franklin, Moses, Maxey, Kreibich, Dittrich, Allen, Behnke, Knodl, Penterman, Melotik and Mursau; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, Feyen, Nass and Tomczyk
introduction
2025-04-09
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-03-23
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
failure
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Votes
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Related bills
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