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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: creating a civil cause of action for sexual extortion."
+description: "Relating to: creating a civil cause of action for sexual extortion."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "AB 923"
+citation: "Wisconsin AB 923 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["B. Jacobson", "Behnke", "Brill", "Dittrich", "Gundrum", "Knodl", "Kreibich", "Maxey", "Moses", "Murphy", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "Piwowarczyk", "Snyder", "Spiros", "Tittl"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73b29280-8c45-4901-8c88-359ac07336ef"
+source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab923"
+source_hash: "438266448792e118f861e0edf8a6cd47c9f6d260259fe9e4a0fc390081e03ef1"
+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 923 (2025) — Relating to: creating a civil cause of action for sexual extortion.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB923)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+- Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 5, Noes 1 — **5–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- B. Jacobson — primary (person)
+- Behnke — primary (person)
+- Brill — primary (person)
+- Dittrich — primary (person)
+- Gundrum — primary (person)
+- Knodl — primary (person)
+- Kreibich — primary (person)
+- Maxey — primary (person)
+- Moses — primary (person)
+- Murphy — primary (person)
+- Mursau — primary (person)
+- O'Connor — primary (person)
+- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
+- Snyder — primary (person)
+- Spiros — primary (person)
+- Tittl — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives B. Jacobson, Snyder, Mursau, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Moses, Murphy, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Spiros and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators James, Quinn and Wanggaard `introduction`
+- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
+- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Hysell added as a coauthor
+- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Phelps added as a coauthor
+- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 5, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Madison added as a coauthor
+- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 11:48 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Clancy, Hong and Miresse added as coauthors
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 95, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
+- **2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
+- **2026-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+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** Senators Ratcliff and Smith added as cosponsors
+- **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** 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`
+- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 215 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-9-2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73b29280-8c45-4901-8c88-359ac07336ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+