2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 265

Relating to: human trafficking and trafficking of a child and providing a penalty.

Enacted Last action December 10, 2025: Published 12-10-2025

Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov

Sponsors 15

Prime sponsors

B. Jacobson, Behnke, Dittrich, Knodl, Kreibich, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Snyder, Steffen, VanderMeer, Wittke

Status

Enacted as of December 10, 2025. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Assembly Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Assembly Rules, Senate Organization (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 36

Date	Chamber	Action
December 10, 2025	Assembly	Published 12-10-2025
December 10, 2025	Assembly	Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 56
December 4, 2025	Assembly	Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025
November 19, 2025	Assembly	Report correctly enrolled on 11-19-2025
November 19, 2025	Assembly	Received from Senate concurred in
November 18, 2025	Senate	Ordered immediately messaged
November 18, 2025	Senate	Read a third time and concurred in
November 18, 2025	Senate	Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
November 18, 2025	Senate	Ordered to a third reading
November 18, 2025	Senate	Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate, Ayes 18, Noes 15
November 18, 2025	Senate	Point of order that Senate Amendment 1 was not germane well taken
November 18, 2025	Senate	Read a second time
November 18, 2025	Senate	Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators L. Johnson, Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, Roys, Wirch, Carpenter, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Dassler-Alfheim, Wall and Larson
November 14, 2025	Senate	Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
November 14, 2025	Senate	Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
October 15, 2025	Senate	Available for scheduling
October 15, 2025	Senate	Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
October 15, 2025	Senate	Received from Assembly
October 14, 2025	Assembly	Ordered immediately messaged
October 14, 2025	Assembly	Read a third time and passed
October 14, 2025	Assembly	Rules suspended
October 14, 2025	Assembly	Ordered to a third reading
October 14, 2025	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
October 14, 2025	Assembly	Read a second time
October 14, 2025	Assembly	Representatives Stubbs and Subeck added as coauthors
October 13, 2025	Assembly	LRB correction
October 9, 2025	Assembly	Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 by Committee on Rules
October 8, 2025	Assembly	Referred to committee on Rules
October 8, 2025	Assembly	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0
October 8, 2025	Assembly	Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0
October 1, 2025	Assembly	Executive action taken
September 10, 2025	Assembly	Public hearing held
September 10, 2025	Assembly	Representative Duchow added as a coauthor
September 10, 2025	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke
May 19, 2025	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
May 19, 2025	Assembly	Introduced by Representatives Wittke, O'Connor, B. Jacobson, Snyder, VanderMeer, Steffen, Moses, Penterman, Dittrich, Murphy, Knodl, Behnke, Piwowarczyk, Mursau and Kreibich; cosponsored by Senator Wanggaard

Data: Open States (bulk data, October 1, 2026 monthly extract, which has no roll-call tallies; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.