---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: trespassing on the property of an energy provider and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: trespassing on the property of an energy provider and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 426"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 426 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Born", "Fields", "Gundrum", "Kuglitsch", "Kulp", "Rodriguez", "Sinicki", "Skowronski", "Steffen", "Tusler", "Vruwink"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-09-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f932acd4-7313-4241-8944-901e4bf629fa"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab426"
source_hash: "db63bb4daf37ba97f82f8e4d6242035807d404d2e825fc53faee9676371968da"
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 426 (2019) — Relating to: trespassing on the property of an energy provider and providing a penalty.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB426-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB426)

## Votes

- Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 14 — **19–14** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (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

## Sponsors

- Born — primary (person)
- Fields — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- Vruwink — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Steffen, Fields, Born, Gundrum, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Rodriguez, Sinicki, Skowronski, Tusler and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Bewley, Nass, Olsen and Schachtner `introduction`
- **2019-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-17T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Dittrich added as a coauthor
- **2019-09-26T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Steffen and Crowley `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Energy and Utilities, Ayes 14, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-10-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-10-11T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2019-10-28T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Wittke added as a coauthor
- **2019-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Risser, Smith, Hansen and Johnson `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 19, Noes 14 `amendment-failure`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2019-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2019-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-13-2019
- **2019-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-14-2019 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-20-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 33 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-21-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f932acd4-7313-4241-8944-901e4bf629fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).