WI AB 265
enactedRelating to: human trafficking and trafficking of a child and providing a penalty.
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did WI AB 265 pass?
Yes. WI AB 265 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-12-10): Published 12-10-2025
What is WI AB 265 about?
WI AB 265 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: human trafficking and trafficking of a child and providing a penalty.”.
Who sponsors WI AB 265?
Kreibich, Mursau, Piwowarczyk and 12 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 265.
- Introduced
- 2025-05-19
- Latest action
- 2025-12-10 — Published 12-10-2025
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Kreibichprimary
- Mursauprimary
- Piwowarczykprimary
- Behnkeprimary
- Knodlprimary
- Murphyprimary
- Dittrichprimary
- Pentermanprimary
- Mosesprimary
- Steffenprimary
- VanderMeerprimary
- Snyderprimary
- B. Jacobsonprimary
- O'Connorprimary
- Wittkeprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-12-10
Published 12-10-2025
became-law
2025-12-10
Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 56
executive-signature
2025-12-04
Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025
executive-receipt
2025-11-19
Report correctly enrolled on 11-19-2025
enrolled
2025-11-19
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2025-11-18
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-11-18
Read a third time and concurred in
passage,reading-3
2025-11-18
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2025-11-18
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-11-18
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate, Ayes 18, Noes 15
2025-11-18
Point of order that Senate Amendment 1 was not germane well taken
2025-11-18
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-11-18
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators L. Johnson, Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, Roys, Wirch, Carpenter, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Dassler-Alfheim, Wall and Larson
amendment-introduction
2025-11-14
Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2025-11-14
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
2025-10-15
Available for scheduling
2025-10-15
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-10-15
Received from Assembly
receipt
2025-10-14
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-10-14
Read a third time and passed
passage,reading-3
2025-10-14
Rules suspended
2025-10-14
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-10-14
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2025-10-14
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-10-14
Representatives Stubbs and Subeck added as coauthors
2025-10-13
LRB correction
2025-10-09
Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 by Committee on Rules
2025-10-08
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-10-08
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-10-08
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-10-01
Executive action taken
2025-09-10
Public hearing held
2025-09-10
Representative Duchow added as a coauthor
2025-09-10
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke
amendment-introduction
2025-05-19
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-19
Introduced by Representatives Wittke, O'Connor, B. Jacobson, Snyder, VanderMeer, Steffen, Moses, Penterman, Dittrich, Murphy, Knodl, Behnke, Piwowarczyk, Mursau and Kreibich; cosponsored by Senator Wanggaard
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0
2025-10-08 · pass · 13-0
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0
2025-10-08 · pass · 13-0
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
2025-11-14 · pass · 3-2
SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND
2025-11-18 · pass · 18-15
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- QUINN: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- JAMES: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- JACQUE: yes
- NASS: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- CARPENTER: no
- JOHNSON: no
- ROYS: no
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: no
- KEYESKI: no
- SMITH: no
- DRAKE: no
- LARSON: no
- SPREITZER: no
- HABUSH SINYKIN: no
- PFAFF: no
- WALL: no
- HESSELBEIN: no
- RATCLIFF: no
- WIRCH: no
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