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WI AB 389

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Relating to: indication of veteran status of certain service members on operators’ licenses or identification cards. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did WI AB 389 pass?

No. WI AB 389 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 389 about?

WI AB 389 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: indication of veteran status of certain service members on operators’ licenses or identification cards. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 389?

Gustafson, Tenorio, Stroud and 20 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 389.

Introduced
2025-08-29
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Gustafsonprimary
  • Tenorioprimary
  • Stroudprimary
  • Murphyprimary
  • Wichgersprimary
  • Udellprimary
  • Roeprimary
  • Mursauprimary
  • Maxeyprimary
  • Madisonprimary
  • Kreibichprimary
  • Knodlprimary
  • B. Jacobsonprimary
  • Hysellprimary
  • Goodwinprimary
  • Goebenprimary
  • Fitzgeraldprimary
  • Dittrichprimary
  • Behnkeprimary
  • Doyleprimary
  • Sinickiprimary
  • Sortwellprimary
  • Franklinprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

  2. 2026-03-19

    Representative Emerson added as a coauthor

  3. 2026-03-06

    Representative Brown added as a coauthor

  4. 2026-01-20

    Laid on the table

    deferral

  5. 2026-01-20

    Representatives Joers and Stubbs added as coauthors

  6. 2026-01-16

    Representatives O'Connor and Arney added as coauthors

  7. 2026-01-14

    Placed on calendar 1-20-2026 by Committee on Rules

  8. 2026-01-14

    Referred to committee on Rules

    referral-committee

  9. 2026-01-14

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 5, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2026-01-14

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 5, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2026-01-08

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  12. 2026-01-07

    Representative Tucker added as a coauthor

  13. 2026-01-07

    Executive action taken

  14. 2025-12-03

    Public hearing held

  15. 2025-11-06

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Franklin

    amendment-introduction

  16. 2025-11-05

    Representative McCarville added as a coauthor

  17. 2025-10-31

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  18. 2025-09-26

    Representative Tittl added as a coauthor

  19. 2025-09-23

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  20. 2025-09-08

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

  21. 2025-09-03

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  22. 2025-08-29

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation

    reading-1,referral-committee

  23. 2025-08-29

    Introduced by Representatives Franklin, Sortwell, Sinicki, Doyle, Behnke, Dittrich, Fitzgerald, Goeben, Goodwin, Hysell, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Madison, Maxey, Mursau, Roe, Udell, Wichgers, Murphy, Stroud, Tenorio and Gustafson; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Pfaff, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Wirch and Feyen

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 5, Noes 0

    2026-01-14 · pass · 5-0

  • Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 5, Noes 0

    2026-01-14 · pass · 5-0

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