WI AB 296
deadRelating to: eliminating the 13-week limit on the garnishment of earnings of certain debtors.
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did WI AB 296 pass?
No. WI AB 296 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
What is WI AB 296 about?
WI AB 296 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: eliminating the 13-week limit on the garnishment of earnings of certain debtors.”.
Who sponsors WI AB 296?
Wichgers, Steffen, Piwowarczyk and 10 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 296, joined by 2 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2025-05-30
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Wichgersprimary
- Steffenprimary
- Piwowarczykprimary
- O'Connorprimary
- Murphyprimary
- Melotikprimary
- Maxeyprimary
- Knodlprimary
- Kitchensprimary
- Kaufertprimary
- Gundrumprimary
- Dittrichprimary
- Tuslerprimary
- Huttoncosponsor
- Wanggaardcosponsor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-23
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
failure
2026-02-19
Laid on the table
deferral
2026-02-11
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Tusler
amendment-introduction
2026-01-13
Placed on calendar 1-15-2026 by Committee on Rules
2025-11-20
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-11-20
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 3
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-20
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-12
Executive action taken
2025-10-08
Public hearing held
2025-09-05
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Tusler
amendment-introduction
2025-05-30
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-30
Introduced by Representatives Tusler, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kaufert, Kitchens, Knodl, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Steffen and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Hutton and Wanggaard
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Votes
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 3
2025-11-20 · pass · 7-3
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0
2025-11-20 · pass · 10-0
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