2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 742

Relating to: regulation of lease-purchase agreements for personal property and creating a cause of action.

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 13

Prime sponsors

Brown, DeSmidt, Gustafson, Knodl, Kreibich, Krug, McCarville, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Prado, Spiros, Stubbs, Swearingen

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 Ways and Means, Senate Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 34

Date	Chamber	Action
March 23, 2026	Senate	Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
March 11, 2026	Senate	Available for scheduling
March 11, 2026	Senate	Report concurrence by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 2, Noes 3
March 11, 2026	Senate	Executive action taken
February 27, 2026	Senate	Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
February 23, 2026	Senate	Received from Assembly
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Ordered immediately messaged
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Read a third time and passed
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Rules suspended
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Ordered to a third reading
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Read a second time
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Representative Stubbs withdrawn as a coauthor
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Made a special order of business at 11:29 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Gustafson
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Gustafson
February 4, 2026	Assembly	Referred to committee on Rules
February 4, 2026	Assembly	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 7, Noes 3
February 4, 2026	Assembly	Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Ways and Means, Ayes 10, Noes 0
February 4, 2026	Assembly	Executive action taken
February 3, 2026	Assembly	Representative Prado withdrawn as a coauthor
January 30, 2026	Assembly	Representative Goodwin withdrawn as a coauthor
January 30, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Gustafson
January 22, 2026	Assembly	Senator L. Johnson withdrawn as a cosponsor
January 22, 2026	Assembly	Senator Pfaff added as a cosponsor
January 8, 2026	Assembly	Public hearing held
January 8, 2026	Assembly	Representative Summerfield added as a coauthor
December 12, 2025	Assembly	Representative Goodwin added as a coauthor
December 10, 2025	Assembly	Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor
December 4, 2025	Assembly	Representative Sinicki added as a coauthor
December 3, 2025	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means
December 3, 2025	Assembly	Introduced by Representatives Gustafson, McCarville, Swearingen, Knodl, Spiros, Krug, Kreibich, Piwowarczyk, Brown, DeSmidt, Ortiz-Velez, Stubbs and Prado; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Drake, Smith, James, L. Johnson and Feyen

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.