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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 238: Relating to: prohibiting hotels, inns, and motels from discriminating against dog handlers who are accompanied by search and rescue dogs.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 238 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on May 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: prohibiting hotels, inns, and motels from discriminating against dog handlers who are accompanied by search and rescue dogs. Primary sponsor: Chanz Green (Republican), Deb Andraca (Democratic), Jeff Mursau (Republican), Jerry O'Connor (Republican), Jim Piwowarczyk (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 2, 2026): Published 4-3-2026.

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 1 · Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chanz GreenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Deb AndracaPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Jeff MursauPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Jerry O'ConnorPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Jim PiwowarczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Jesse JamesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Van WanggaardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate21

“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. Published 4-3-2026
  2. Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 151
  3. Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026
  4. Report correctly enrolled on 1-22-2026
  5. LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
  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 Dassler-Alfheim and Smith added as cosponsors

Showing 12 most recent of 36 actions. Full history

Sources

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