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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: consideration of a certain definition of antisemitism for purposes of laws, ordinances, policies, or criminal penalty enhancers concerning discrimination based on race, religion, color, or national origin."
+description: "Relating to: consideration of a certain definition of antisemitism for purposes of laws, ordinances, policies, or criminal penalty enhancers concerning discrimination based on race, religion, color, or national origin."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "AB 446"
+citation: "Wisconsin AB 446 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dallman", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Emerson", "Gundrum", "Gustafson", "Knodl", "Kreibich", "Murphy", "O'Connor", "Ortiz-Velez", "Subeck", "Tusler", "Wichgers"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-09-19T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef209a47-4672-4054-9ba0-e529d328f769"
+source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab446"
+source_hash: "b23bb26f6dcde19cf8dc2493df2e0f51dd885b3ae835b543322fed71cdcb8626"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
+---
+
+# Wisconsin AB 446 (2025) — Relating to: consideration of a certain definition of antisemitism for purposes of laws, ordinances, policies, or criminal penalty enhancers concerning discrimination based on race, religion, color, or national origin.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB446-ASA1)
+2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB446)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 8, Noes 2 — **8–2** (pass) · lower
+- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **66–33** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dallman — primary (person)
+- Dittrich — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Emerson — primary (person)
+- Gundrum — primary (person)
+- Gustafson — primary (person)
+- Knodl — primary (person)
+- Kreibich — primary (person)
+- Murphy — primary (person)
+- O'Connor — primary (person)
+- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
+- Subeck — primary (person)
+- Tusler — primary (person)
+- Wichgers — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Tusler, Dallman, Dittrich, Donovan, Emerson, Gundrum, Gustafson, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Subeck and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Hutton, Cabral-Guevara, Hesselbein, James, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Testin, Wall, Wanggaard and Wirch `introduction`
+- **2025-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Ratcliff withdrawn as a cosponsor `withdrawal`
+- **2025-10-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Goodwin added as a coauthor
+- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 8, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
+- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
+- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Tusler
+- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 66, Noes 33 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
+- **2026-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
+- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Wirch withdrawn as a cosponsor `withdrawal`
+- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
+- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2026 `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 143 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-28-2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef209a47-4672-4054-9ba0-e529d328f769`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+