AB 612025 to 2026
bill
2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill
AB 61
Relating to: injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty.
Enacted Last action March 19, 2026: Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov
Sponsors 23
Status
Enacted as of March 19, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.
Referred to: Assembly Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Senate Judiciary and Public Safety (from the official referral record)
Roll-call votes 0
No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.
Timeline 37
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| March 19, 2026 | Assembly | Representative Emerson added as a coauthor |
| March 10, 2026 | Assembly | Representative Billings added as a coauthor |
| March 6, 2026 | Assembly | Representative Brown added as a coauthor |
| January 23, 2026 | Assembly | Representative Doyle added as a coauthor |
| August 11, 2025 | Assembly | Published 8-9-2025 |
| August 11, 2025 | Assembly | Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 28 |
| August 7, 2025 | Assembly | Presented to the Governor on 8-7-2025 |
| June 19, 2025 | Assembly | Report correctly enrolled on 6-19-2025 |
| June 19, 2025 | Assembly | Received from Senate concurred in |
| June 18, 2025 | Senate | Ordered immediately messaged |
| June 18, 2025 | Senate | Read a third time and concurred in |
| June 18, 2025 | Senate | Rules suspended to give bill its third reading |
| June 18, 2025 | Senate | Ordered to a third reading |
| June 18, 2025 | Senate | Read a second time |
| June 18, 2025 | Senate | Senators Ratcliff and Keyeski added as cosponsors |
| June 17, 2025 | Senate | Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) |
| June 5, 2025 | Senate | Available for scheduling |
| June 5, 2025 | Senate | Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1 |
| June 4, 2025 | Senate | Executive action taken |
| May 7, 2025 | Senate | Senator Habush Sinykin added as a cosponsor |
| April 1, 2025 | Senate | Public hearing held |
| March 14, 2025 | Senate | Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety |
| March 13, 2025 | Assembly | Read a second time |
| March 13, 2025 | Assembly | Representatives Anderson and Stubbs added as coauthors |
| March 13, 2025 | Senate | Received from Assembly |
| March 13, 2025 | Assembly | Ordered immediately messaged |
| March 13, 2025 | Assembly | Read a third time and passed |
| March 13, 2025 | Assembly | Rules suspended |
| March 13, 2025 | Assembly | Ordered to a third reading |
| March 11, 2025 | Assembly | Referred to calendar of 3-13-2025 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1) |
| March 11, 2025 | Assembly | Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0 |
| March 11, 2025 | Assembly | Executive action taken |
| March 7, 2025 | Assembly | Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor |
| March 5, 2025 | Assembly | Public hearing held |
| March 4, 2025 | Assembly | Representative McCarville added as a coauthor |
| February 24, 2025 | Assembly | Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety |
| February 24, 2025 | Assembly | Introduced by Representatives Nedweski, Dittrich, Piwowarczyk, Andraca, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Donovan, Goeben, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Kitchens, Kreibich, Maxey, Miresse, O'Connor, Penterman, Sinicki, Steffen, Tittl and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Carpenter, L. Johnson, Marklein and Nass |
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.