WI AB 701
withdrawnRelating to: adopting the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act.
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
- Introduced
- 2025-12-01
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- O'Connorprimary
- Melotikprimary
- Maxeyprimary
- Kreibichprimary
- Knodlprimary
- Kitchensprimary
- Gundrumprimary
- Goebenprimary
- Dittrichprimary
- Brillprimary
- Behnkeprimary
- Piwowarczykprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-12-01
Introduced by Representatives Piwowarczyk, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Melotik and O'Connor; cosponsored by Senator Wimberger
introduction
2025-12-01
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-07
Public hearing held
2026-01-14
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
2026-01-14
Executive action taken
2026-01-15
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-15
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2026-01-21
Representative Murphy added as a coauthor
2026-02-02
Representative Udell added as a coauthor
2026-02-13
Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
referral
2026-02-17
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-17
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-17
Rules suspended
2026-02-17
Read a third time and passed
passage,reading-3
2026-02-17
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-18
Received from Assembly
receipt
2026-02-20
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-20
Available for scheduling
2026-03-23
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
amendment-failure
Versions
Documents
Votes
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0
2026-01-15 · pass · 8-0
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