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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses. (FE)"
+description: "Relating to: impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses. (FE)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "AB 78"
+citation: "Wisconsin AB 78 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Duchow", "Goodwin", "Gundrum", "Knodl", "Maxey", "Melotik", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Novak", "O'Connor", "Ortiz-Velez", "Penterman", "Piwowarczyk", "Rodriguez", "Steffen", "Tittl", "Tusler", "Wichgers"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 39
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-02-28T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6dea3a5-b273-49d4-b574-e18f540394b9"
+source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab78"
+source_hash: "de534fbc49b0fa35d058f3fcd39150b967db4fb46b70c301a4b171cc73db6750"
+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 78 (2025) — Relating to: impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses. (FE)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB78-AA1)
+2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB78)
+3. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB78-SA1)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
+- Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1 — **7–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Allen — primary (person)
+- Dittrich — primary (person)
+- Donovan — primary (person)
+- Duchow — primary (person)
+- Goodwin — primary (person)
+- Gundrum — primary (person)
+- Knodl — primary (person)
+- Maxey — primary (person)
+- Melotik — primary (person)
+- Murphy — primary (person)
+- Mursau — primary (person)
+- Novak — primary (person)
+- O'Connor — primary (person)
+- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
+- Penterman — primary (person)
+- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
+- Rodriguez — primary (person)
+- Steffen — primary (person)
+- Tittl — primary (person)
+- Tusler — primary (person)
+- Wichgers — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Donovan, Rodriguez, Allen, Dittrich, Duchow, Goodwin, Gundrum, Knodl, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Steffen, Tittl, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard and Tomczyk `introduction`
+- **2025-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to calendar of 3-13-2025 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1) `referral`
+- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Donovan
+- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
+- **2025-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
+- **2025-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2025-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **2025-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard
+- **2025-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
+- **2025-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
+- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
+- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in as amended `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate Amendment 1 adopted) `amendment-passage, receipt`
+- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 concurred in
+- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Action ordered immediately messaged
+- **2025-10-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 10-15-2025 `enrolled`
+- **2025-10-29T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 10-29-2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 10-31-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 46 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Published 11-1-2025 `became-law`
+- **2026-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Doyle added as a coauthor
+- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Brown added as a coauthor
+- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Billings added as a coauthor
+- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6dea3a5-b273-49d4-b574-e18f540394b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+