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WI AB 489

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Relating to: voluntary prohibitions on purchasing a handgun and making an appropriation. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WI AB 489 pass?

No. WI AB 489 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 489 about?

WI AB 489 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: voluntary prohibitions on purchasing a handgun and making an appropriation. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 489?

Stubbs, Udell, Tenorio and 27 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 489.

Introduced
2025-10-09
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Stubbsprimary
  • Udellprimary
  • Tenorioprimary
  • Subeckprimary
  • Stroudprimary
  • Sinickiprimary
  • Roeprimary
  • Rivera-Wagnerprimary
  • Phelpsprimary
  • Palmeriprimary
  • Ortiz-Velezprimary
  • Neubauerprimary
  • Moore Omokundeprimary
  • McCarvilleprimary
  • Mayadevprimary
  • Madisonprimary
  • Johnsonprimary
  • Joersprimary
  • Hongprimary
  • Haywoodprimary
  • Fitzgeraldprimary
  • Emersonprimary
  • DeSmidtprimary
  • Clancyprimary
  • Brownprimary
  • Bareprimary
  • Arneyprimary
  • Andersonprimary
  • Andracaprimary
  • Snodgrassprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-10-09

    Introduced by Representatives Snodgrass, Andraca, Anderson, Arney, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Haywood, Hong, Joers, Johnson, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Phelps, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sinicki, Stroud, Subeck, Tenorio, Udell and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Roys, Habush Sinykin, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff and Spreitzer

    introduction

  2. 2025-10-09

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-09

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  4. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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Attribution

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