2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 894

Relating to: terms and conditions of gift certificates, gift cards, and other gift obligations 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 11

Prime sponsors

Behnke, Brooks, Dittrich, Doyle, Gundrum, Kreibich, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Tranel, Wichgers

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 State Affairs, Senate Agriculture and Revenue (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 27

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 recommended by Committee on Agriculture and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0
March 11, 2026	Senate	Executive action taken
March 10, 2026	Senate	Public hearing held
March 5, 2026	Senate	Representative Sinicki added as a coauthor
February 26, 2026	Senate	Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
February 25, 2026	Senate	Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Revenue
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	Read a second time
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Made a special order of business at 11:43 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Representative Donovan added as a coauthor
February 16, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Novak
February 12, 2026	Assembly	Referred to committee on Rules
February 12, 2026	Assembly	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0
February 12, 2026	Assembly	Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0
February 11, 2026	Assembly	Executive action taken
February 6, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Novak
February 3, 2026	Assembly	Public hearing held
January 23, 2026	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
January 23, 2026	Assembly	Introduced by Representatives Novak, Tranel, Brooks, Dittrich, Doyle, Gundrum, Kreibich, O'Connor, Penterman, Behnke and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senator Testin

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.