WI AB 957

enacted

Relating to: Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriation. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WI AB 957 pass?

Yes. WI AB 957 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-09): Published 4-9-2026

What is WI AB 957 about?

WI AB 957 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriation. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 957?

Neubauer, Udell, Tucker and 20 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 957, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2026-01-29
Latest action: 2026-04-09 — Published 4-9-2026
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-04-09
Published 4-9-2026
became-law
2026-04-09
Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 216
executive-signature
2026-04-02
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
executive-receipt
2026-03-20
Report correctly enrolled on 3-20-2026
enrolled
2026-03-18
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2026-03-17
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-03-17
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0
passage,reading-3
2026-03-17
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-03-17
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-03-17
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-03-17
Senators Ratcliff, Smith and Carpenter added as cosponsors
2026-03-16
Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-03-16
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2026-03-11
Available for scheduling
2026-03-11
Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-11
Executive action taken
2026-03-11
Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
referral-committee
2026-03-11
Available for scheduling
2026-03-11
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-11
Executive action taken
2026-03-04
Public hearing held
2026-02-25
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-23
Received from Assembly
receipt
2026-02-19
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-19
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0
passage,reading-3
2026-02-19
Rules suspended
2026-02-19
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-19
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-18
Made a special order of business at 11:51 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
2026-02-16
Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
2026-02-13
Representative Vining added as a coauthor
2026-02-12
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2026-02-12
Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 12, Noes 1
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-11
Executive action taken
2026-02-11
Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor
2026-02-03
Representatives Duchow and Steffen added as coauthors
2026-02-03
Public hearing held
2026-02-02
Representatives Stubbs and Palmeri added as coauthors
2026-01-29
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-01-29
Introduced by Representatives Brill, Billings, Goeben, Joers, Dittrich, Mayadev, Armstrong, Behnke, Brown, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, B. Jacobson, Maxey, Miresse, Neylon, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki, Tucker, Udell and Neubauer; cosponsored by Senators James, Wanggaard, Jacque and Roys
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Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 12, Noes 1
2026-02-12 · pass · 12-1
PASSAGE
2026-02-19 · pass · 97-0
Member-level votes (97)
- 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: yes
- CRUZ: yes
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: yes
- DESMIDT: yes
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DOYLE: yes
- DUCHOW: yes
- FITZGERALD: yes
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: yes
- GOODWIN: yes
- GREEN: yes
- GUNDRUM: yes
- GUSTAFSON: yes
- HAYWOOD: yes
- HONG: yes
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: yes
- JACOBSON, B: yes
- JACOBSON, J: yes
- JOERS: yes
- KAUFERT: yes
- KIRSCH: yes
- KITCHENS: yes
- KNODL: yes
- KREIBICH: yes
- KRUG: yes
- KURTZ: yes
- MADISON: yes
- 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: yes
- 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: yes
- 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 Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
2026-03-11 · pass · 8-0
Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0
2026-03-11 · pass · 13-0
CONCURRENCE
2026-03-17 · pass · 33-0
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- RATCLIFF: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- JAMES: yes
- ROYS: yes
- CARPENTER: yes
- JOHNSON: yes
- SMITH: yes
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- SPREITZER: yes
- DRAKE: yes
- KEYESKI: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- LARSON: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- HABUSH SINYKIN: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WALL: yes
- HESSELBEIN: yes
- NASS: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- PFAFF: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- JACQUE: yes
- QUINN: yes
- WIRCH: yes

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https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab957

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