---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: impersonating a public officer, public employee, or employee of a utility and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: impersonating a public officer, public employee, or employee of a utility and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "AB 251"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 251 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandtjen", "Cabrera", "Callahan", "Edming", "Gundrum", "Kuglitsch", "Moses", "Mursau", "Schraa", "Stubbs", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-15T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c92d5aa9-970d-4c57-bbe0-f5c4b324237b"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab251"
source_hash: "5beafab17003d32f99cd3ecffae5cd15c81152f1e305440aa2370e4da3336840"
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 251 (2021) — Relating to: impersonating a public officer, public employee, or employee of a utility and providing a penalty.

## 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/2021/REG/AB251)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brandtjen — primary (person)
- Cabrera — primary (person)
- Callahan — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
- Moses — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Schraa — primary (person)
- Stubbs — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Callahan, Brandtjen, Cabrera, Edming, Gundrum, Kuglitsch, Moses, Mursau, Schraa, Stubbs and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Agard and Ballweg `introduction`
- **2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Doyle added as a coauthor
- **2021-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Bewley added as a cosponsor
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Ringhand added as a cosponsor
- **2021-05-04T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Pfaff added as a cosponsor
- **2021-08-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-08-25T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Penterman, Steffen and Bowen added as coauthors
- **2021-09-08T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 by Committee on Rules
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2022-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-28-2022 `enrolled`
- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Anderson added as a coauthor
- **2022-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-13-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-15-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 263 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-16-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c92d5aa9-970d-4c57-bbe0-f5c4b324237b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).