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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 189: Relating to: an optional final hearing by affidavit for the dissolution of a marriage.

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 189 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on April 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: an optional final hearing by affidavit for the dissolution of a marriage. Primary sponsor: Ron Tusler (Republican), Jerry O'Connor (Republican), Steve Doyle (Democratic), Lori Palmeri (Democratic), Jim Piwowarczyk (Republican). It lists 2 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 2 · Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ron TuslerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Jerry O'ConnorPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Steve DoylePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse94
Lori PalmeriPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Jim PiwowarczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Rachael Cabral-GuevaraCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Eric WimbergerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate2

“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. Laid on the table
  3. Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
  4. Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 9-11-2025
  5. Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
  6. Referred to committee on Rules
  7. Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 9, Noes 0
  8. Executive action taken
  9. Public hearing held
  10. Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families
  11. Introduced by Representatives Tusler, O'Connor, Doyle, Palmeri and Piwowarczyk; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger and Cabral-Guevara

Sources

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