WI AB 677

enacted

Relating to: creating a crime of grooming a child for sexual activity and providing a penalty.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WI AB 677 pass?

Yes. WI AB 677 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-06. Latest recorded action (2026-03-06): Published 3-7-2026

What is WI AB 677 about?

WI AB 677 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: creating a crime of grooming a child for sexual activity and providing a penalty.”.

Who sponsors WI AB 677?

Wichgers, Tusler, Steffen and 27 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 677.

Introduced: 2025-11-19
Latest action: 2026-03-06 — Published 3-7-2026
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-11-19
Introduced by Representatives Nedweski, Brill, Dittrich, Behnke, Callahan, DeSmidt, Donovan, Duchow, Franklin, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Hurd, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Snyder, Steffen, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators James, Wanggaard, Hutton, Nass and Quinn
introduction
2025-11-19
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-12-03
Senator Marklein added as a cosponsor
2026-01-06
Public hearing held
2026-01-07
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Nedweski
amendment-introduction
2026-01-08
Executive action taken
2026-01-08
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-08
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-08
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2026-01-08
Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
2026-01-13
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-01-13
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2026-01-13
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-01-13
Rules suspended
2026-01-13
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 93, Noes 6
passage,reading-3
2026-01-13
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-01-14
Received from Assembly
receipt
2026-01-14
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-28
Public hearing held
2026-02-03
Executive action taken
2026-02-03
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-03
Available for scheduling
2026-02-09
Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-02-11
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-11
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-11
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-02-11
Read a third time and concurred in
passage,reading-3
2026-02-11
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-12
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2026-02-13
LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
2026-02-13
LRB correction
2026-02-13
Report correctly enrolled on 2-13-2026
enrolled
2026-03-05
Presented to the Governor on 3-5-2026
executive-receipt
2026-03-06
Report approved by the Governor on 3-6-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 88
executive-signature
2026-03-06
Published 3-7-2026
became-law

Versions

Assembly Amendment 1Compare
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Documents

Votes

Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0
2026-01-08 · pass · 14-0
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0
2026-01-08 · pass · 14-0
PASSAGE
2026-01-13 · pass · 93-6
Member-level votes (99)
- ALLEN: yes
- ANDERSON: yes
- ANDRACA: yes
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: yes
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: yes
- BEHNKE: yes
- BILLINGS: yes
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: yes
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: yes
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CLANCY: no
- CRUZ: no
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: yes
- DESMIDT: yes
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DOYLE: yes
- DUCHOW: yes
- EMERSON: yes
- FITZGERALD: yes
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: yes
- GOODWIN: yes
- GREEN: yes
- GUNDRUM: yes
- GUSTAFSON: yes
- HAYWOOD: yes
- HONG: no
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: yes
- JACOBSON, B: yes
- JACOBSON, J: yes
- JOERS: yes
- JOHNSON: yes
- KAUFERT: yes
- KIRSCH: yes
- KITCHENS: yes
- KNODL: yes
- KREIBICH: yes
- KRUG: yes
- KURTZ: yes
- MADISON: no
- MAXEY: yes
- MAYADEV: yes
- MCCARVILLE: yes
- MCGUIRE: yes
- MELOTIK: yes
- MIRESSE: yes
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: yes
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEUBAUER: yes
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- O'CONNOR: yes
- ORTIZ-VELEZ: yes
- PALMERI: yes
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PETERSEN: yes
- PHELPS: no
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRADO: yes
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RIVERA-WAGNER: yes
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: yes
- SHEEHAN: yes
- SINICKI: yes
- SNODGRASS: yes
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: yes
- SPAUDE: yes
- SPIROS: yes
- STEFFEN: yes
- STROUD: yes
- STUBBS: yes
- SUBECK: yes
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TAYLOR: yes
- TENORIO: no
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: yes
- VANDERMEER: yes
- VINING: yes
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- ZIMMERMAN: yes
- SPEAKER: yes
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0
2026-02-03 · pass · 5-0

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab677

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