Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 9 R · 6 D cosponsors

AB 966 — Relating to: requiring the Department of Justice to conduct a public awareness campaign. (FE)

Last action — Published 4-9-2026

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

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 29, 2026. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 90% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

How often bills like it became law.

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 16 sponsors

    1 primary, 15 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (9 R · 6 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

An Act to create 165.503 of the statutes;

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Published 4-9-2026

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 219

  3. Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  4. Report correctly enrolled on 3-20-2026

  5. Fiscal estimate received

  6. Received from Senate concurred in

  7. Ordered immediately messaged

  8. Read a third time and concurred in

  9. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  10. Ordered to a third reading

  11. Read a second time

  12. Senators Ratcliff and Smith added as cosponsors

  13. Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  14. Available for scheduling

  15. Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  16. Executive action taken

  17. Senator Wanggaard added as a cosponsor

  18. Public hearing held

  19. Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  20. Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  21. Received from Assembly

  22. Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Read a third time and passed

  24. Rules suspended

  25. Ordered to a third reading

  26. Read a second time

  27. Made a special order of business at 11:57 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  28. Referred to committee on Rules

  29. Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  30. Executive action taken

  31. Senator Roys added as a cosponsor

  32. Representatives Duchow and Steffen added as coauthors

  33. Public hearing held

  34. Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  35. 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

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 15 co-sponsors · 116 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (15)

Not signed on (116)

116 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"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.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 966 do?
An Act to create 165.503 of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 966?
AB 966 is sponsored by James, Green, Chanz (Republican), Brill, Lindee (Republican), Dittrich, Barbara (Republican), Mayadev, Renuka (Democrat), Armstrong, David (Republican), Behnke, Elijah (Republican), Fitzgerald, Joan (Democrat), Jacobson, Brent (Republican), Miresse, Vincent (Democrat), Murphy, David (Republican), O'Connor, Jerry (Republican), Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia (Democrat), Piwowarczyk, Jim (Republican), Sinicki, Christine (Democrat), and Stubbs, Shelia (Democrat).
What is the current status of AB 966?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced January 29, 2026. It awaits signature.
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