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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 135: Relating to: the right to repair motor vehicles and providing a penalty. (FE)

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 135 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on March 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: the right to repair motor vehicles and providing a penalty. (FE). Primary sponsor: Will Penterman (Republican), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Lindee Brill (Republican), Rob Brooks (Republican), Barbara Dittrich (Republican), Joy Goeben (Republican), Russell Goodwin (Democratic), Rick Gundrum (Republican), Dan Knodl (Republican), Dave Maxey (Republican), Paul Melotik (Republican), Vinnie Miresse (Democratic), Dave Murphy (Republican), Jeff Mursau (Republican), Jim Piwowarczyk (Republican), Shae Sortwell (Republican), John Spiros (Republican), Angela Stroud (Democratic), Chuck Wichgers (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 18

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Will PentermanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Elijah BehnkePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Lindee BrillPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Rob BrooksPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Barbara DittrichPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Joy GoebenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Russell GoodwinPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Rick GundrumPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Dan KnodlPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Dave MaxeyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Paul MelotikPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Vinnie MiressePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Dave MurphyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jeff MursauPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Jim PiwowarczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Shae SortwellPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse2
John SpirosPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Angela StroudPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Chuck WichgersPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Rachael Cabral-GuevaraCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
André JacqueCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Brad PfaffCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Representative Tenorio added as a coauthor
  3. Senator Keyeski added as a cosponsor
  4. Senator Roys added as a cosponsor
  5. Representative Sinicki added as a coauthor
  6. Representative DeSmidt added as a coauthor
  7. Fiscal estimate received
  8. Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
  9. Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
  10. Introduced by Representatives Penterman, Behnke, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Goeben, Goodwin, Gundrum, Knodl, Maxey, Melotik, Miresse, Murphy, Mursau, Piwowarczyk, Sortwell, Spiros, Stroud and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Cabral-Guevara and Pfaff

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source