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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 717: Relating to: listing of carfentanil under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act 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 717 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on December 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: listing of carfentanil under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and providing a penalty. Primary sponsor: Jim Piwowarczyk (Republican), Lindee Brill (Republican), Barbara Dittrich (Republican), Rob Kreibich (Republican), Paul Melotik (Republican), Dave Murphy (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 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jim PiwowarczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Lindee BrillPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Barbara DittrichPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Rob KreibichPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Paul MelotikPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Dave MurphyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Chuck WichgersPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse84
André JacqueCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
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. Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
  4. Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
  5. Referred to committee on Rules
  6. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 1
  7. Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 1
  8. Executive action taken
  9. Public hearing held
  10. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Piwowarczyk
  11. Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
  12. Introduced by Representatives Piwowarczyk, Brill, Dittrich, Kreibich, Melotik, Murphy and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque and Nass

Sources

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