WI AB 34
deadRelating to: court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths.
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did WI AB 34 pass?
No. WI AB 34 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 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, joined by 8 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-17
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Behnkeprimary
- Wichgersprimary
- Swearingenprimary
- Tuckerprimary
- Murphyprimary
- Pentermanprimary
- B. Jacobsonprimary
- Donovanprimary
- Brooksprimary
- Armstrongprimary
- Piwowarczykprimary
- Dittrichprimary
- Duchowprimary
- Mosesprimary
- Huttoncosponsor
- Bradleycosponsor
- Wanggaardcosponsor
- Feyencosponsor
- Nasscosponsor
- Tomczykcosponsor
- Testincosponsor
- Jamescosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-23
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
failure
2025-10-14
Laid on the table
deferral
2025-10-09
Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 by Committee on Rules
2025-05-29
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-05-29
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 4, Noes 2
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-21
Executive action taken
2025-05-20
Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor
2025-05-07
Public hearing held
2025-04-24
Representative Maxey added as a coauthor
2025-02-17
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
reading-1,referral-committee
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
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Votes
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 4, Noes 2
2025-05-29 · pass · 4-2
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