WI AB 561
withdrawnRelating to: owner liability for illegally passing a school bus and providing a penalty.
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WI AB 561 pass?
No. WI AB 561 was withdrawn on 2026-03-23 and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
What is WI AB 561 about?
WI AB 561 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: owner liability for illegally passing a school bus and providing a penalty.”.
Who sponsors WI AB 561?
Behnke, Melotik, Kreibich and 11 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 561.
- Introduced
- 2025-10-15
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Behnkeprimary
- Melotikprimary
- Kreibichprimary
- Murphyprimary
- Dittrichprimary
- Knodlprimary
- Goodwinprimary
- Goebenprimary
- Palmeriprimary
- Sinickiprimary
- Gundrumprimary
- Pentermanprimary
- Maxeyprimary
- Kaufertprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-10-15
Introduced by Representatives Kaufert, Maxey, Penterman, Gundrum, Sinicki, Palmeri, Goeben, Goodwin, Knodl, Dittrich, Murphy, Kreibich, Melotik and Behnke; cosponsored by Senator Hutton
introduction
2025-10-15
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-12-03
Public hearing held
2026-02-03
Executive action taken
2026-02-03
Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 6, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-03
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2026-02-13
Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
referral
2026-02-16
Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Miresse added as coauthors
2026-02-17
Made a special order of business at 1:20 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13
2026-02-18
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-18
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kaufert
amendment-introduction
2026-02-18
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2026-02-18
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-18
Rules suspended
2026-02-18
Read a third time and passed
passage,reading-3
2026-02-18
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-19
Received from Assembly
receipt
2026-02-20
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-03-12
Executive action taken
2026-03-12
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-12
Available for scheduling
2026-03-23
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
amendment-failure
Versions
Documents
Votes
Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 6, Noes 0
2026-02-03 · pass · 6-0
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
2026-03-12 · pass · 5-0
Related bills
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