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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 421: Relating to: prohibiting rights of nature ordinances. (FE)

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 421 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on September 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: prohibiting rights of nature ordinances. (FE). Primary sponsor: Joy Goeben (Republican), Lindee Brill (Republican), Clint Moses (Republican), Gus Gustafson (Republican), Dave Murphy (Republican), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Amanda Nedweski (Republican), Chuck Wichgers (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): Republican 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joy GoebenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Lindee BrillPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Clint MosesPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse92
Gus GustafsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Dave MurphyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Elijah BehnkePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Amanda NedweskiPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Chuck WichgersPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Steve NassCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Cory TomczykCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate29

“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. Made a special order of business at 11:19 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
  4. Referred to committee on Rules
  5. Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 4, Noes 2
  6. Executive action taken
  7. Public hearing held
  8. Fiscal estimate received
  9. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
  10. Introduced by Representatives Goeben, Brill, Moses, Gustafson, Murphy, Behnke, Nedweski and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Nass and Tomczyk

Sources

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