WI AB 89

enacted

Relating to: theft crimes and providing a penalty. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WI AB 89 pass?

Yes. WI AB 89 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-20. Latest recorded action (2026-03-20): Published 3-21-2026

What is WI AB 89 about?

WI AB 89 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: theft crimes and providing a penalty. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 89?

Kaufert, Mursau, Krug and 17 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 89.

Introduced: 2025-02-28
Latest action: 2026-03-20 — Published 3-21-2026
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-28
Introduced by Representatives Penterman, Allen, Behnke, Donovan, Franklin, Goeben, Gundrum, Gustafson, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Piwowarczyk, Tusler, Wichgers, Wittke, Krug, Mursau and Kaufert; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Hutton, Nass and Tomczyk
introduction
2025-02-28
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-03-05
Public hearing held
2025-03-10
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Penterman
amendment-introduction
2025-03-11
Executive action taken
2025-03-11
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 2
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-11
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 1
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-11
Referred to calendar of 3-13-2025 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1)
referral
2025-03-11
Senator Cabral-Guevara added as a cosponsor
2025-03-13
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-03-13
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-03-13
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-03-13
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2025-03-13
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-03-13
Rules suspended
2025-03-13
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 71, Noes 26
passage,reading-3
2025-03-13
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-03-13
Received from Assembly
receipt
2025-03-14
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-04-15
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-10-03
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque
amendment-introduction
2025-10-22
Executive action taken
2025-10-22
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3
amendment-passage
2025-10-22
Report concurrence as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3
committee-passage-favorable
2025-10-22
Available for scheduling
2025-11-14
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
2025-11-14
Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2025-11-14
Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Jacque
amendment-introduction
2025-11-18
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-11-18
Senate Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2025-11-18
Senate Amendment 2 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2025-11-18
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2025-11-18
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-11-18
Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 27, Noes 6
passage,reading-3
2025-11-18
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-11-19
Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate amendments 1 and 2 adopted)
amendment-passage,passage,receipt
2026-01-13
Senate Amendment 1 concurred in
2026-01-13
Senate Amendment 2 concurred in
2026-01-13
Action ordered immediately messaged
2026-01-14
LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
2026-01-14
Report correctly enrolled on 1-14-2026
enrolled
2026-03-18
Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2026
executive-receipt
2026-03-20
Report approved by the Governor on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 106
executive-signature
2026-03-20
Published 3-21-2026
became-law

Versions

Senate Amendment 2Compare
Senate Amendment 1Compare
Assembly Amendment 1Compare
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Documents

Votes

Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 2
2025-03-11 · pass · 13-2
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 1
2025-03-11 · pass · 14-1
PASSAGE
2025-03-13 · pass · 71-26
Member-level votes (97)
- GREEN: yes
- GUNDRUM: yes
- GUSTAFSON: yes
- HAYWOOD: no
- HONG: no
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: yes
- JACOBSON, B: yes
- JACOBSON, J: no
- JOERS: no
- JOHNSON: yes
- KAUFERT: yes
- KIRSCH: yes
- KITCHENS: yes
- KNODL: yes
- KREIBICH: yes
- KRUG: yes
- KURTZ: yes
- MADISON: no
- MAXEY: yes
- MAYADEV: no
- MCCARVILLE: yes
- MCGUIRE: yes
- MELOTIK: yes
- MIRESSE: no
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: no
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEUBAUER: no
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- O'CONNOR: yes
- PALMERI: yes
- PETERSEN: yes
- PHELPS: no
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRADO: no
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RIVERA-WAGNER: yes
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: no
- SHEEHAN: yes
- SINICKI: yes
- SNODGRASS: no
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: yes
- SPAUDE: yes
- SPIROS: yes
- STEFFEN: yes
- STROUD: no
- STUBBS: no
- SUBECK: yes
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TAYLOR: no
- TENORIO: no
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: yes
- VANDERMEER: yes
- VINING: no
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- ZIMMERMAN: yes
- SPEAKER: yes
- ALLEN: yes
- ANDERSON: yes
- ANDRACA: yes
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: no
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: no
- BEHNKE: yes
- BILLINGS: yes
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: yes
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: no
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CLANCY: no
- CRUZ: no
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: no
- DESMIDT: yes
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DOYLE: yes
- DUCHOW: yes
- EMERSON: yes
- FITZGERALD: no
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: yes
- GOODWIN: no
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3
2025-10-22 · pass · 5-3
Report concurrence as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3
2025-10-22 · pass · 5-3
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
2025-11-14 · pass · 3-2
CONCURRENCE
2025-11-18 · pass · 27-6
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JACQUE: yes
- QUINN: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- SMITH: yes
- CARPENTER: yes
- JAMES: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- KEYESKI: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- WALL: yes
- HABUSH SINYKIN: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- HESSELBEIN: yes
- NASS: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- PFAFF: yes
- WIRCH: yes
- DRAKE: no
- LARSON: no
- ROYS: no
- JOHNSON: no
- RATCLIFF: no
- SPREITZER: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab89

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