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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 42: Relating to: local regulation of fowl.

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 42 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on February 17, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: local regulation of fowl. Primary sponsor: Shae Sortwell (Republican), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Joy Goeben (Republican), Vinnie Miresse (Democratic), Jim Piwowarczyk (Republican), Angela Stroud (Democratic), Chuck Wichgers (Republican). 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 2 · Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shae SortwellPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Elijah BehnkePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Joy GoebenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Vinnie MiressePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Jim PiwowarczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Angela StroudPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Chuck WichgersPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Rachael Cabral-GuevaraCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19

“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 Representative Miresse withdrawn as a coauthor
  3. Public hearing held
  4. Representative Stroud withdrawn as a coauthor
  5. Representative Mursau added as a coauthor
  6. Representative Tusler added as a coauthor
  7. Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government
  8. Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Behnke, Goeben, Miresse, Piwowarczyk, Stroud and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senator Cabral-Guevara

Sources

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