Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: Introduced 23 D cosponsors

AB 444 — Relating to: prohibitions concerning use of state and local facilities to detain individuals on the basis of immigration status.

Last action — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced September 19, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a low chance of becoming law.

Upgrade to see the exact probability and what's driving it.

A statistical estimate from our own model of past outcomes — an insight, not a guarantee. Policymaking is volatile.

Prognosis

Not enough signal yet

Not enough signal yet to read this bill's trajectory — we surface a likelihood only once there's real movement (stage, sponsorship, committee, or votes) to point to.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

An Act to create 20.935 of the statutes;

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor

  3. Representative McCarville added as a coauthor

  4. Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor

  5. Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  6. Representative Udell added as a coauthor

  7. Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections

  8. Introduced by Representatives Phelps, Cruz, Miresse, Anderson, Arney, Bare, Brown, Clancy, Haywood, Hong, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck and Tenorio; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Roys, Drake, Carpenter, Keyeski and Spreitzer

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 30 co-sponsors · 101 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (30)

Not signed on (101)

101 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 101 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

public-safety immigration
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does AB 444 do?
An Act to create 20.935 of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 444?
AB 444 is sponsored by Anderson, Moore Omokunde, Larson, Roys, Drake, Carpenter, Keyeski, Spreitzer, Phelps, Christian (Democrat), Cruz, Angelina (Democrat), Miresse, Vincent (Democrat), Arney, Margaret (Democrat), Bare, Mike (Democrat), Brown, Brienne (Democrat), Clancy, Ryan (Democrat), Haywood, Kalan (Democrat), Hong, Francesca (Democrat), Joers, Alex (Democrat), Johnson, Tara (Democrat), Kirsch, Karen (Democrat), Madison, Darrin (Democrat), Mayadev, Renuka (Democrat), Neubauer, Greta (Democrat), Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia (Democrat), Roe, Ann (Democrat), Sheehan, Joe (Democrat), Sinicki, Christine (Democrat), Stroud, Angela (Democrat), Stubbs, Shelia (Democrat), Subeck, Lisa (Democrat), and Tenorio, Angelito (Democrat).
What is the current status of AB 444?
This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced September 19, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Where can I track AB 444?
Track AB 444 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on AB 444

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of AB 444

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →