2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 972

Relating to: financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.

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 28

Prime sponsors

Armstrong, B. Jacobson, Behnke, Billings, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Doyle, Fitzgerald, Gundrum, Joers, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, McCarville, Mursau, Neubauer, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Subeck, Taylor

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 Financial Institutions, Assembly Rules, Senate Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 26

Date	Chamber	Action
March 23, 2026	Senate	Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
February 20, 2026	Senate	Read first time and referred to committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage
February 19, 2026	Senate	Received from Assembly
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Ordered immediately messaged
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Read a third time and passed
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Rules suspended
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Ordered to a third reading
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Snyder
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Read a second time
February 18, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Made a special order of business at 1:38 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13
February 16, 2026	Assembly	Representatives Miresse and Anderson added as coauthors
February 13, 2026	Assembly	Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
February 11, 2026	Assembly	Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
February 11, 2026	Assembly	Executive action taken
February 11, 2026	Assembly	Referred to committee on Rules
February 11, 2026	Assembly	Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 9, Noes 0
February 6, 2026	Assembly	Representative Udell added as a coauthor
February 5, 2026	Assembly	Public hearing held
February 4, 2026	Assembly	Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor
February 3, 2026	Assembly	Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
February 2, 2026	Assembly	Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor
February 2, 2026	Assembly	Senator Wirch added as a cosponsor
January 30, 2026	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions
January 30, 2026	Assembly	Introduced by Representatives Snyder, Doyle, Novak, Gundrum, McCarville, Taylor, Armstrong, Behnke, Billings, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Fitzgerald, B. Jacobson, Joers, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Mursau, Neubauer, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Quinn and Wall

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.