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WI AB 34

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Relating to: court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WI AB 34 pass?

No. WI AB 34 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 34 about?

WI AB 34 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths.”.

Who sponsors WI AB 34?

Behnke, Wichgers, Swearingen and 11 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 34.

Introduced
2025-02-17
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Behnkeprimary
  • Wichgersprimary
  • Swearingenprimary
  • Tuckerprimary
  • Murphyprimary
  • Pentermanprimary
  • B. Jacobsonprimary
  • Donovanprimary
  • Brooksprimary
  • Armstrongprimary
  • Piwowarczykprimary
  • Dittrichprimary
  • Duchowprimary
  • Mosesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-17

    Introduced by Representatives Moses, Duchow, Dittrich, Piwowarczyk, Armstrong, Brooks, Donovan, B. Jacobson, Penterman, Murphy, Tucker, Swearingen, Wichgers and Behnke; cosponsored by Senators Hutton, Bradley, Wanggaard, Feyen, Nass, Tomczyk, Testin and James

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-17

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-04-24

    Representative Maxey added as a coauthor

  4. 2025-05-07

    Public hearing held

  5. 2025-05-20

    Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor

  6. 2025-05-21

    Executive action taken

  7. 2025-05-29

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 4, Noes 2

    committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-05-29

    Referred to committee on Rules

    referral-committee

  9. 2025-10-09

    Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 by Committee on Rules

  10. 2025-10-14

    Laid on the table

    deferral

  11. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 4, Noes 2

    2025-05-29 · pass · 4-2

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab34

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