2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 966

Relating to: requiring the Department of Justice to conduct a public awareness campaign. (FE)

Enacted Last action April 9, 2026: Published 4-9-2026

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

Sponsors 15

Prime sponsors

Armstrong, B. Jacobson, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Fitzgerald, Green, Mayadev, Miresse, Murphy, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki, Stubbs

Status

Enacted as of April 9, 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 35

Date	Chamber	Action
April 9, 2026	Assembly	Published 4-9-2026
April 9, 2026	Assembly	Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 219
April 2, 2026	Assembly	Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
March 20, 2026	Assembly	Report correctly enrolled on 3-20-2026
March 20, 2026	Assembly	Fiscal estimate received
March 18, 2026	Assembly	Received from Senate concurred in
March 17, 2026	Senate	Ordered immediately messaged
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 17, 2026	Senate	Senators Ratcliff and Smith added as cosponsors
March 16, 2026	Senate	Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
March 12, 2026	Senate	Available for scheduling
March 12, 2026	Senate	Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
March 12, 2026	Senate	Executive action taken
March 5, 2026	Senate	Senator Wanggaard added as a cosponsor
March 4, 2026	Senate	Public hearing held
February 26, 2026	Senate	Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
February 25, 2026	Senate	Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
February 23, 2026	Senate	Received from Assembly
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Read a second time
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 18, 2026	Assembly	Made a special order of business at 11:57 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
February 12, 2026	Assembly	Referred to committee on Rules
February 12, 2026	Assembly	Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0
February 11, 2026	Assembly	Executive action taken
February 3, 2026	Assembly	Senator Roys added as a cosponsor
February 3, 2026	Assembly	Representatives Duchow and Steffen added as coauthors
February 3, 2026	Assembly	Public hearing held
January 29, 2026	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
January 29, 2026	Assembly	Introduced by Representatives Green, Brill, Dittrich, Mayadev, Armstrong, Behnke, Fitzgerald, B. Jacobson, Miresse, Murphy, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senator 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.