WI AB 61
enactedRelating 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
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
2025-02-24
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-04
Representative McCarville added as a coauthor
2025-03-05
Public hearing held
2025-03-07
Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor
2025-03-11
Executive action taken
2025-03-11
Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-11
Referred to calendar of 3-13-2025 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1)
referral
2025-03-13
Representatives Anderson and Stubbs added as coauthors
2025-03-13
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-03-13
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-03-13
Rules suspended
2025-03-13
Read a third time and passed
passage,reading-3
2025-03-13
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-03-13
Received from Assembly
receipt
2025-03-14
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-04-01
Public hearing held
2025-05-07
Senator Habush Sinykin added as a cosponsor
2025-06-04
Executive action taken
2025-06-05
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1
committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-05
Available for scheduling
2025-06-17
Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2025-06-18
Senators Ratcliff and Keyeski added as cosponsors
2025-06-18
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-06-18
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-06-18
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2025-06-18
Read a third time and concurred in
passage,reading-3
2025-06-18
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-06-19
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2025-06-19
Report correctly enrolled on 6-19-2025
enrolled
2025-08-07
Presented to the Governor on 8-7-2025
executive-receipt
2025-08-11
Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 28
executive-signature
2025-08-11
Published 8-9-2025
became-law
2026-01-23
Representative Doyle added as a coauthor
2026-03-06
Representative Brown added as a coauthor
2026-03-10
Representative Billings added as a coauthor
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
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