Bill Commons

WI AB 61

enacted

Relating to: injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Introduced
2025-02-24
Status date
Latest action
2026-03-19 — Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Wichgersprimary
  • Tittlprimary
  • Steffenprimary
  • Sinickiprimary
  • Pentermanprimary
  • O'Connorprimary
  • Miresseprimary
  • Maxeyprimary
  • Kreibichprimary
  • Kitchensprimary
  • Kaufertprimary
  • B. Jacobsonprimary
  • Gundrumprimary
  • Goebenprimary
  • Donovanprimary
  • Callahanprimary
  • Brillprimary
  • Behnkeprimary
  • Armstrongprimary
  • Andracaprimary
  • Piwowarczykprimary
  • Dittrichprimary
  • Nedweskiprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-24

    Introduced by Representatives Nedweski, Dittrich, Piwowarczyk, Andraca, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Donovan, Goeben, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Kitchens, Kreibich, Maxey, Miresse, O'Connor, Penterman, Sinicki, Steffen, Tittl and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Carpenter, L. Johnson, Marklein and Nass

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-24

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-03-04

    Representative McCarville added as a coauthor

  4. 2025-03-05

    Public hearing held

  5. 2025-03-07

    Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor

  6. 2025-03-11

    Executive action taken

  7. 2025-03-11

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-03-11

    Referred to calendar of 3-13-2025 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1)

    referral

  9. 2025-03-13

    Representatives Anderson and Stubbs added as coauthors

  10. 2025-03-13

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  11. 2025-03-13

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  12. 2025-03-13

    Rules suspended

  13. 2025-03-13

    Read a third time and passed

    passage,reading-3

  14. 2025-03-13

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. 2025-03-13

    Received from Assembly

    receipt

  16. 2025-03-14

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  17. 2025-04-01

    Public hearing held

  18. 2025-05-07

    Senator Habush Sinykin added as a cosponsor

  19. 2025-06-04

    Executive action taken

  20. 2025-06-05

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2025-06-05

    Available for scheduling

  22. 2025-06-17

    Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  23. 2025-06-18

    Senators Ratcliff and Keyeski added as cosponsors

  24. 2025-06-18

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  25. 2025-06-18

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  26. 2025-06-18

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  27. 2025-06-18

    Read a third time and concurred in

    passage,reading-3

  28. 2025-06-18

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. 2025-06-19

    Received from Senate concurred in

    receipt

  30. 2025-06-19

    Report correctly enrolled on 6-19-2025

    enrolled

  31. 2025-08-07

    Presented to the Governor on 8-7-2025

    executive-receipt

  32. 2025-08-11

    Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 28

    executive-signature

  33. 2025-08-11

    Published 8-9-2025

    became-law

  34. 2026-01-23

    Representative Doyle added as a coauthor

  35. 2026-03-06

    Representative Brown added as a coauthor

  36. 2026-03-10

    Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  37. 2026-03-19

    Representative Emerson added as a coauthor

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0

    2025-03-11 · pass · 15-0

  • Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1

    2025-06-05 · pass · 7-1

Related bills

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