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WI AB 53

in committee

Relating to: special circumstances battery to a community service officer and providing a penalty.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did WI AB 53 pass?

Not yet. WI AB 53 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 53 about?

WI AB 53 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: special circumstances battery to a community service officer and providing a penalty.”.

Who sponsors WI AB 53?

Behnke, Mursau, Wichgers and 10 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 53, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-02-24
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Behnkeprimary
  • Mursauprimary
  • Wichgersprimary
  • Subeckprimary
  • Allenprimary
  • Brillprimary
  • Callahanprimary
  • B. Jacobsonprimary
  • Nedweskiprimary
  • Dittrichprimary
  • Murphyprimary
  • Armstrongprimary
  • Goebenprimary
  • Jamescosponsor
  • Tomczykcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-23

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    amendment-failure

  2. 2026-03-19

    Representative Emerson added as a coauthor

  3. 2026-03-19

    Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

  4. 2026-03-10

    Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  5. 2026-03-06

    Representative Brown added as a coauthor

  6. 2025-06-27

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

    reading-1,referral-committee

  7. 2025-06-24

    Received from Assembly

    receipt

  8. 2025-06-24

    Ordered immediately messaged

  9. 2025-06-24

    Read a third time and passed

    passage,reading-3

  10. 2025-06-24

    Rules suspended

  11. 2025-06-24

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  12. 2025-06-24

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-06-24

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  14. 2025-06-24

    Representatives Miresse, O'Connor and Stubbs added as coauthors

  15. 2025-06-20

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025

    referral

  16. 2025-05-29

    Referred to committee on Rules

    referral-committee

  17. 2025-05-29

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  18. 2025-05-29

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  19. 2025-05-21

    Executive action taken

  20. 2025-05-08

    Representative Spaude added as a coauthor

  21. 2025-05-07

    Public hearing held

  22. 2025-03-04

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goeben

    amendment-introduction

  23. 2025-02-24

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  24. 2025-02-24

    Introduced by Representatives Goeben, Armstrong, Murphy, Dittrich, Nedweski, B. Jacobson, Callahan, Brill, Allen, Subeck, Wichgers, Mursau and Behnke; cosponsored by Senators James and Tomczyk

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0

    2025-05-29 · pass · 13-0

  • Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0

    2025-05-29 · pass · 13-0

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