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WI AB 861

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Relating to: the civil causes of action for human trafficking and trafficking a child.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WI AB 861 pass?

No. WI AB 861 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 861 about?

WI AB 861 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: the civil causes of action for human trafficking and trafficking a child.”.

Who sponsors WI AB 861?

Knodl, Udell, Sinicki and 12 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 861.

Introduced
2026-01-16
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Knodlprimary
  • Udellprimary
  • Sinickiprimary
  • Piwowarczykprimary
  • Pentermanprimary
  • Ortiz-Velezprimary
  • O'Connorprimary
  • Murphyprimary
  • Kreibichprimary
  • Gundrumprimary
  • Dittrichprimary
  • Behnkeprimary
  • Stubbsprimary
  • Steffenprimary
  • Mursauprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-16

    Introduced by Representatives Mursau, Steffen, Stubbs, Behnke, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki, Udell and Knodl; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard and Habush Sinykin

    introduction

  2. 2026-01-16

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2026-02-20

    Representative Sheehan added as a coauthor

  4. 2026-03-19

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  5. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab861

Attribution

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