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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 26: Relating to: battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty.

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 26 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on February 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: battery or threat to jurors and providing a penalty. Primary sponsor: Shae Sortwell (Republican), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Barbara Dittrich (Republican), Bob Donovan (Republican), Ben Franklin (Republican), Dave Maxey (Republican), Dave Murphy (Republican), Jeff Mursau (Republican), Amanda Nedweski (Republican), Todd Novak (Republican), Jerry O'Connor (Republican), Jim Piwowarczyk (Republican), Chuck Wichgers (Republican), Shannon Zimmerman (Republican), Lisa Subeck (Democratic). 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 1 · Republican 17

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shae SortwellPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Elijah BehnkePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Barbara DittrichPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Bob DonovanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Ben FranklinPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Dave MaxeyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Dave MurphyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jeff MursauPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Amanda NedweskiPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Todd NovakPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jerry O'ConnorPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Jim PiwowarczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Chuck WichgersPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Shannon ZimmermanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse30
Lisa SubeckPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Steve NassCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Van WanggaardCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate21
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. Representative Doyle added as a coauthor
  3. Laid on the table
  4. Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
  5. Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025
  6. Referred to committee on Rules
  7. Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 1
  8. Executive action taken
  9. Public hearing held
  10. Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
  11. Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Behnke, Dittrich, Donovan, Franklin, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Novak, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Wichgers, Zimmerman and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Nass and Wimberger

Sources

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