WI AB 296
deadRelating to: eliminating the 13-week limit on the garnishment of earnings of certain debtors.
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
- Introduced
- 2025-05-30
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Wichgersprimary
- Steffenprimary
- Piwowarczykprimary
- O'Connorprimary
- Murphyprimary
- Melotikprimary
- Maxeyprimary
- Knodlprimary
- Kitchensprimary
- Kaufertprimary
- Gundrumprimary
- Dittrichprimary
- Tuslerprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
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
introduction
2025-05-30
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-09-05
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Tusler
amendment-introduction
2025-10-08
Public hearing held
2025-11-12
Executive action taken
2025-11-20
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-20
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 3
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-20
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2026-01-13
Placed on calendar 1-15-2026 by Committee on Rules
2026-02-11
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Tusler
amendment-introduction
2026-02-19
Laid on the table
deferral
2026-03-23
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
failure
Versions
Documents
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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