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WI AB 656

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Relating to: the age for marriage and eliminating spousal exceptions for certain sex crimes against children.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WI AB 656 pass?

No. WI AB 656 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-03-23). Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI AB 656 about?

WI AB 656 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: the age for marriage and eliminating spousal exceptions for certain sex crimes against children.”.

Who sponsors WI AB 656?

Mayadev, Tenorio, Udell and 22 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 656.

Introduced
2025-11-19
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Mayadevprimary
  • Tenorioprimary
  • Udellprimary
  • Subeckprimary
  • Stroudprimary
  • Sinickiprimary
  • Rivera-Wagnerprimary
  • Pradoprimary
  • Ortiz-Velezprimary
  • Neubauerprimary
  • Miresseprimary
  • McCarvilleprimary
  • Madisonprimary
  • Johnsonprimary
  • Joersprimary
  • Goodwinprimary
  • Emersonprimary
  • DeSmidtprimary
  • Clancyprimary
  • Billingsprimary
  • Bareprimary
  • Arneyprimary
  • Brownprimary
  • Andersonprimary
  • Roeprimary

Committees

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Action timeline

  1. 2025-11-19

    Introduced by Representatives Roe, Anderson, Brown, Arney, Bare, Billings, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Goodwin, Joers, Johnson, Madison, McCarville, Miresse, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Sinicki, Stroud, Subeck, Udell, Tenorio and Mayadev; cosponsored by Senators Spreitzer, Smith, Dassler-Alfheim, Keyeski, Ratcliff, Larson and Roys

    introduction

  2. 2025-11-19

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-11-24

    Representative Cruz added as a coauthor

  4. 2025-12-18

    Senators Drake and Hesselbein added as cosponsors

  5. 2025-12-29

    Representative Hysell added as a coauthor

  6. 2026-01-05

    Representative Andraca added as a coauthor

  7. 2026-01-06

    Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor

  8. 2026-01-12

    Representative Kirsch added as a coauthor

  9. 2026-02-05

    Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor

  10. 2026-02-09

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  11. 2026-03-06

    Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  12. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

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Votes

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Related bills

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