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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 399: Relating to: requirement for certain telecommunications providers to provide basic voice service.

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 399 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on August 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: requirement for certain telecommunications providers to provide basic voice service. Primary sponsor: Will Penterman (Republican), Jerry O'Connor (Republican), Rick Gundrum (Republican), Barbara Dittrich (Republican), Dan Knodl (Republican), Russell Goodwin (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. 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 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Will PentermanPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Jerry O'ConnorPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Rick GundrumPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Barbara DittrichPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Dan KnodlPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Russell GoodwinPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Steve NassCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11

“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. Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
  4. Referred to committee on Rules
  5. Report passage recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 13, Noes 0
  6. Executive action taken
  7. Public hearing held
  8. Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
  9. Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities
  10. Introduced by Representatives Penterman, O'Connor, Gundrum, Dittrich, Knodl and Goodwin; cosponsored by Senator Nass

Sources

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