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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: requiring the Department of Justice to conduct a public awareness campaign. (FE)"
+description: "Relating to: requiring the Department of Justice to conduct a public awareness campaign. (FE)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "AB 966"
+citation: "Wisconsin AB 966 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "B. Jacobson", "Behnke", "Brill", "Dittrich", "Fitzgerald", "Green", "Mayadev", "Miresse", "Murphy", "O'Connor", "Ortiz-Velez", "Piwowarczyk", "Sinicki", "Stubbs"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc288c46-6452-4a7d-ae8e-56ab49c351b8"
+source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab966"
+source_hash: "798f78efc847efcd3f74409e39b64a3d880321ac808fb11312fb4dc41992eb3a"
+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 966 (2025) — Relating to: requiring the Department of Justice to conduct a public awareness campaign. (FE)
+
+## 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/AB966)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Armstrong — primary (person)
+- B. Jacobson — primary (person)
+- Behnke — primary (person)
+- Brill — primary (person)
+- Dittrich — primary (person)
+- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
+- Green — primary (person)
+- Mayadev — primary (person)
+- Miresse — primary (person)
+- Murphy — primary (person)
+- O'Connor — primary (person)
+- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
+- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
+- Sinicki — primary (person)
+- Stubbs — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Green, Brill, Dittrich, Mayadev, Armstrong, Behnke, Fitzgerald, B. Jacobson, Miresse, Murphy, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senator James `introduction`
+- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Duchow and Steffen added as coauthors
+- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Roys added as a cosponsor
+- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 11:57 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
+- **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 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
+- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
+- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Wanggaard added as a cosponsor
+- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **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`
+- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
+- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-20-2026 `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 219 `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/fc288c46-6452-4a7d-ae8e-56ab49c351b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+