2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 768

Relating to: operation of drones over certain utility facilities and providing a penalty.

Enacted Last action April 3, 2026: Published 4-4-2026

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

Sponsors 13

Prime sponsors

Dittrich, Donovan, Goodwin, Knodl, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Sinicki, Tittl, Wichgers

Status

Enacted as of April 3, 2026. 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 Judiciary and Public Safety (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 38

Date	Chamber	Action
April 3, 2026	Assembly	Published 4-4-2026
April 3, 2026	Assembly	Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 194
April 2, 2026	Assembly	Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
March 23, 2026	Assembly	Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2026
March 18, 2026	Assembly	Received from Senate concurred in
March 17, 2026	Senate	Ordered immediately messaged
March 17, 2026	Senate	Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
March 17, 2026	Senate	Read a third time and concurred in
March 17, 2026	Senate	Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
March 17, 2026	Senate	Ordered to a third reading
March 17, 2026	Senate	Read a second time
March 16, 2026	Senate	Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
March 16, 2026	Senate	Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
March 3, 2026	Senate	Available for scheduling
March 3, 2026	Senate	Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
March 3, 2026	Senate	Executive action taken
February 20, 2026	Senate	Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
February 18, 2026	Senate	Received from Assembly
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Ordered immediately messaged
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Read a third time and passed, Ayes 85, Noes 14
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Rules suspended
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Ordered to a third reading
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Read a second time
February 16, 2026	Assembly	Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
February 13, 2026	Assembly	Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
February 11, 2026	Assembly	Representative McCarville added as a coauthor
January 30, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Donovan
January 22, 2026	Assembly	Referred to committee on Rules
January 22, 2026	Assembly	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 2
January 22, 2026	Assembly	Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0
January 21, 2026	Assembly	Executive action taken
January 16, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Donovan
January 14, 2026	Assembly	Public hearing held
January 6, 2026	Assembly	LRB correction
December 17, 2025	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
December 17, 2025	Assembly	Introduced by Representatives Donovan, Dittrich, Goodwin, Knodl, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Sinicki, Tittl and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk and James

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.