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Wisconsin Legislature · AB 265 · A - Enacted into Law

Human trafficking and trafficking of a child and providing a penalty

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2025-2026 legislature

Where it is

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Introduced by Representatives Wittke, O'Connor, B. Jacobson, Snyder, VanderMeer, Steffen, Moses, Penterman, Dittrich, Murphy, Knodl, Behnke, Piwowarczyk, Mursau and Kreibich; cosponsored by Senator Wa · May 19, 2025

Assembly

Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety · May 19, 2025

Assembly

Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Wittke · Sep 10, 2025

Assembly

Representative Duchow added as a coauthor · Sep 10, 2025

Assembly

Public hearing held · Sep 10, 2025

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Executive action taken · Oct 1, 2025

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Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0 · Oct 8, 2025

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Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0 · Oct 8, 2025

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Referred to committee on Rules · Oct 8, 2025

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Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 by Committee on Rules · Oct 9, 2025

Assembly

LRB correction · Oct 13, 2025

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Representatives Stubbs and Subeck added as coauthors · Oct 14, 2025

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Read a second time · Oct 14, 2025

Assembly

Assembly Amendment 1 adopted · Oct 14, 2025

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Ordered to a third reading · Oct 14, 2025

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Rules suspended · Oct 14, 2025

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Read a third time and passed · Oct 14, 2025

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Ordered immediately messaged · Oct 14, 2025

Assembly

Received from Assembly · Oct 15, 2025

Senate

Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization · Oct 15, 2025

Senate

Available for scheduling · Oct 15, 2025

Senate

Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 · Nov 14, 2025

Senate

Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) · Nov 14, 2025

Senate

Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators L. Johnson, Hesselbein, Smith, Spreitzer, Drake, Roys, Wirch, Carpenter, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Dassler-Alfheim, Wall and Larson · Nov 18, 2025

Senate

Read a second time · Nov 18, 2025

Senate

Point of order that Senate Amendment 1 was not germane well taken · Nov 18, 2025

Senate

Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate, Ayes 18, Noes 15 · Nov 18, 2025

Senate

Ordered to a third reading · Nov 18, 2025

Senate

Rules suspended to give bill its third reading · Nov 18, 2025

Senate

Read a third time and concurred in · Nov 18, 2025

Senate

Ordered immediately messaged · Nov 18, 2025

Senate

Received from Senate concurred in · Nov 19, 2025

Assembly

Report correctly enrolled on 11-19-2025 · Nov 19, 2025

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Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025 · Dec 4, 2025

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Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 56 · Dec 10, 2025

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Published 12-10-2025 · Dec 10, 2025

Assembly

The numbers

15
sponsors on the bill

Sponsors

WittkeO'ConnorB. JacobsonSnyderVanderMeerSteffenMosesPentermanDittrichMurphyKnodlBehnkePiwowarczykMursauKreibich

Recorded votes

SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STANDSenate · 2025-11-18 · AYES 18, NAYS 15, NOT VOTING 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Wisconsin legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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