Bill Commons

WI AB 640

in committee

Relating to: setting a maximum age for serving as a supreme court justice or judge of a court of record.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did WI AB 640 pass?

Not yet. WI AB 640 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 640 about?

WI AB 640 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: setting a maximum age for serving as a supreme court justice or judge of a court of record.”.

Who sponsors WI AB 640?

Gustafson, Penterman, O'Connor and 5 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 640, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-11-07
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

  • Gustafsonprimary
  • Pentermanprimary
  • O'Connorprimary
  • Murphyprimary
  • Maxeyprimary
  • Krugprimary
  • Dittrichprimary
  • B. Jacobsonprimary
  • 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. 2026-02-20

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-18

    Received from Assembly

    receipt

  4. 2026-02-17

    Ordered immediately messaged

  5. 2026-02-17

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 54, Noes 45

    passage,reading-3

  6. 2026-02-17

    Rules suspended

  7. 2026-02-17

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  8. 2026-02-17

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  9. 2026-02-13

    Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

    referral

  10. 2026-02-12

    Referred to committee on Rules

    referral-committee

  11. 2026-02-12

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 3

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2026-02-11

    Executive action taken

  13. 2026-02-03

    Public hearing held

  14. 2026-01-09

    Withdrawn from committee on Judiciary and referred to committee on State Affairs pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

    referral-committee

  15. 2025-11-07

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

    reading-1,referral-committee

  16. 2025-11-07

    Introduced by Representatives B. Jacobson, Dittrich, Krug, Maxey, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman and Gustafson; cosponsored by Senator Tomczyk

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 3

    2026-02-12 · pass · 7-3

  • PASSAGE

    2026-02-17 · pass · 54-45

    Member-level votes (99)
    • ALLEN: yes
    • ANDERSON: no
    • ANDRACA: no
    • ARMSTRONG: yes
    • ARNEY: no
    • AUGUST: yes
    • BARE: no
    • BEHNKE: yes
    • BILLINGS: no
    • BORN: yes
    • BRILL: yes
    • BROOKS: yes
    • BROWN: no
    • CALLAHAN: yes
    • CLANCY: no
    • CRUZ: no
    • DALLMAN: yes
    • DESANTO: no
    • DESMIDT: no
    • DITTRICH: yes
    • DONOVAN: yes
    • DOYLE: no
    • DUCHOW: yes
    • EMERSON: no
    • FITZGERALD: no
    • FRANKLIN: yes
    • GOEBEN: yes
    • GOODWIN: no
    • GREEN: yes
    • GUNDRUM: yes
    • GUSTAFSON: yes
    • HAYWOOD: no
    • HONG: no
    • HURD: yes
    • HYSELL: no
    • JACOBSON, B: yes
    • JACOBSON, J: no
    • JOERS: no
    • JOHNSON: no
    • KAUFERT: yes
    • KIRSCH: no
    • KITCHENS: yes
    • KNODL: yes
    • KREIBICH: yes
    • KRUG: yes
    • KURTZ: yes
    • MADISON: no
    • MAXEY: yes
    • MAYADEV: no
    • MCCARVILLE: no
    • MCGUIRE: no
    • MELOTIK: yes
    • MIRESSE: no
    • MOORE OMOKUNDE: no
    • MOSES: yes
    • MURPHY: yes
    • MURSAU: yes
    • NEDWESKI: yes
    • NEUBAUER: no
    • NEYLON: yes
    • NOVAK: yes
    • O'CONNOR: yes
    • ORTIZ-VELEZ: no
    • PALMERI: no
    • PENTERMAN: yes
    • PETERSEN: yes
    • PHELPS: no
    • PIWOWARCZYK: yes
    • PRADO: no
    • PRONSCHINSKE: yes
    • RIVERA-WAGNER: no
    • RODRIGUEZ: yes
    • ROE: no
    • SHEEHAN: no
    • SINICKI: no
    • SNODGRASS: no
    • SNYDER: yes
    • SORTWELL: yes
    • SPAUDE: no
    • SPIROS: yes
    • STEFFEN: yes
    • STROUD: no
    • STUBBS: no
    • SUBECK: no
    • SUMMERFIELD: yes
    • SWEARINGEN: yes
    • TAYLOR: no
    • TENORIO: no
    • TITTL: yes
    • TRANEL: yes
    • TUCKER: yes
    • TUSLER: yes
    • UDELL: no
    • VANDERMEER: yes
    • VINING: no
    • WICHGERS: yes
    • WITTKE: yes
    • ZIMMERMAN: yes
    • SPEAKER: yes

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Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab640

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