WI AB 791
deadRelating to: intentionally sending false text messages to 911 and providing a penalty.
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WI AB 791 pass?
No. WI AB 791 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 791 about?
WI AB 791 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: intentionally sending false text messages to 911 and providing a penalty.”.
Who sponsors WI AB 791?
Knodl, Subeck, Stubbs and 16 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 791.
- Introduced
- 2025-12-23
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Knodlprimary
- Subeckprimary
- Stubbsprimary
- Piwowarczykprimary
- Pentermanprimary
- O'Connorprimary
- Murphyprimary
- Maxeyprimary
- Kurtzprimary
- Kaufertprimary
- Gundrumprimary
- Goebenprimary
- Dittrichprimary
- DeSmidtprimary
- Behnkeprimary
- Sinickiprimary
- Sortwellprimary
- Goodwinprimary
- Donovanprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-12-23
Introduced by Representatives Donovan, Goodwin, Sortwell, Sinicki, Behnke, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Kaufert, Kurtz, Maxey, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Stubbs, Subeck and Knodl; cosponsored by Senator Wanggaard
introduction
2025-12-23
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-14
Public hearing held
2026-01-21
Executive action taken
2026-01-22
Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 2
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-22
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2026-02-13
Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
referral
2026-02-17
Laid on the table
deferral
2026-03-06
Representative Brown added as a coauthor
2026-03-19
Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
2026-03-23
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
failure
Versions
Documents
Votes
Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 2
2026-01-22 · pass · 13-2
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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