WI AB 436
in committeeRelating to: requiring animal testing facilities and breeders to offer certain dogs and cats for adoption to releasing agencies and providing a penalty. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did WI AB 436 pass?
Not yet. WI AB 436 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
What is WI AB 436 about?
WI AB 436 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: requiring animal testing facilities and breeders to offer certain dogs and cats for adoption to releasing agencies and providing a penalty. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI AB 436?
Stubbs, Mursau, Melotik and 17 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 436, joined by 7 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2025-09-19
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Stubbsprimary
- Mursauprimary
- Melotikprimary
- Behnkeprimary
- Sinickiprimary
- Andersonprimary
- Sheehanprimary
- Donovanprimary
- Goodwinprimary
- Bareprimary
- Kreibichprimary
- Palmeriprimary
- Maxeyprimary
- Piwowarczykprimary
- DeSmidtprimary
- Miresseprimary
- Udellprimary
- Armstrongprimary
- Joersprimary
- Kitchensprimary
- Wanggaardcosponsor
- Carpentercosponsor
- Habush Sinykincosponsor
- Ratcliffcosponsor
- Spreitzercosponsor
- Keyeskicosponsor
- Jaglercosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-23
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
amendment-failure
2026-02-25
Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-23
Received from Assembly
receipt
2026-02-19
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-19
Read a third time and passed
passage,reading-3
2026-02-19
Rules suspended
2026-02-19
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-19
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage
2026-02-19
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-18
Made a special order of business at 11:21 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
2026-02-12
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2026-02-12
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-12
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 3
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-11
Executive action taken
2026-02-11
Public hearing held
2026-02-11
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2026-01-22
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens
amendment-introduction
2026-01-08
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
2025-11-19
Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
2025-11-04
Representative Billings added as a coauthor
2025-11-04
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens
amendment-introduction
2025-09-19
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-09-19
Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Joers, Armstrong, Udell, Miresse, DeSmidt, Piwowarczyk, Maxey, Palmeri, Kreibich, Bare, Goodwin, Donovan, Sheehan, Anderson, Sinicki, Behnke, Melotik, Mursau and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Carpenter, Habush Sinykin, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Keyeski and Jagler
introduction
Versions
Documents
Votes
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 3
2026-02-12 · pass · 7-3
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0
2026-02-12 · pass · 10-0
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