WI AB 957
enactedRelating to: Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriation. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WI AB 957 pass?
Yes. WI AB 957 has been enacted into law as of 2026-04-09. 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.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-29
- Latest action
- 2026-04-09 — Published 4-9-2026
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Neubauerprimary
- Udellprimary
- Tuckerprimary
- Sinickiprimary
- Piwowarczykprimary
- Ortiz-Velezprimary
- O'Connorprimary
- Neylonprimary
- Miresseprimary
- Maxeyprimary
- B. Jacobsonprimary
- Fitzgeraldprimary
- Emersonprimary
- DeSmidtprimary
- Brownprimary
- Behnkeprimary
- Armstrongprimary
- Mayadevprimary
- Dittrichprimary
- Joersprimary
- Goebenprimary
- Billingsprimary
- Brillprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
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
introduction
2026-01-29
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-02
Representatives Stubbs and Palmeri added as coauthors
2026-02-03
Public hearing held
2026-02-03
Representatives Duchow and Steffen added as coauthors
2026-02-11
Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor
2026-02-11
Executive action taken
2026-02-12
Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 12, Noes 1
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-12
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2026-02-13
Representative Vining added as a coauthor
2026-02-16
Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
2026-02-18
Made a special order of business at 11:51 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
2026-02-19
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-19
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-19
Rules suspended
2026-02-19
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0
passage,reading-3
2026-02-19
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-23
Received from Assembly
receipt
2026-02-25
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-03-04
Public hearing held
2026-03-11
Executive action taken
2026-03-11
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-11
Available for scheduling
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
Executive action taken
2026-03-11
Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-11
Available for scheduling
2026-03-16
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2026-03-16
Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-03-17
Senators Ratcliff, Smith and Carpenter added as cosponsors
2026-03-17
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-03-17
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-03-17
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-03-17
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0
passage,reading-3
2026-03-17
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-03-18
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2026-03-20
Report correctly enrolled on 3-20-2026
enrolled
2026-04-02
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
executive-receipt
2026-04-09
Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 216
executive-signature
2026-04-09
Published 4-9-2026
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Votes
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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