2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 561

Relating to: owner liability for illegally passing a school bus and providing a penalty.

In committee Last action March 23, 2026: Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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

Sponsors 14

Prime sponsors

Behnke, Dittrich, Goeben, Goodwin, Gundrum, Kaufert, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Palmeri, Penterman, Sinicki

Status

In committee as of March 23, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Assembly Rules, Assembly Transportation, Senate Transportation and Local Government (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 22

Date	Chamber	Action
March 23, 2026	Senate	Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
March 12, 2026	Senate	Available for scheduling
March 12, 2026	Senate	Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0
March 12, 2026	Senate	Executive action taken
February 20, 2026	Senate	Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government
February 19, 2026	Senate	Received from Assembly
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Read a second time
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Ordered immediately messaged
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Read a third time and passed
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Rules suspended
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Ordered to a third reading
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kaufert
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Made a special order of business at 1:20 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13
February 16, 2026	Assembly	Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Miresse added as coauthors
February 13, 2026	Assembly	Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
February 3, 2026	Assembly	Referred to committee on Rules
February 3, 2026	Assembly	Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 6, Noes 0
February 3, 2026	Assembly	Executive action taken
December 3, 2025	Assembly	Public hearing held
October 15, 2025	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation
October 15, 2025	Assembly	Introduced by Representatives Kaufert, Maxey, Penterman, Gundrum, Sinicki, Palmeri, Goeben, Goodwin, Knodl, Dittrich, Murphy, Kreibich, Melotik and Behnke; cosponsored by Senator Hutton

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.