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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 848: Relating to: operation of autonomous vehicles on highways 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 848 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on January 16, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: operation of autonomous vehicles on highways and providing a penalty. Primary sponsor: Dave Maxey (Republican), Gus Gustafson (Republican), Joel Kitchens (Republican), Dave Murphy (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): Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dave MaxeyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Gus GustafsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Joel KitchensPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Dave MurphyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse56
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. Public hearing held
  3. Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation
  4. Introduced by Representatives Maxey, Gustafson, Kitchens and Murphy; cosponsored by Senator Cabral-Guevara

Sources

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