---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: expediting criminal proceedings when a victim or witness is an elder person and preserving the testimony of a crime victim or witness who is an elder person."
description: "Relating to: expediting criminal proceedings when a victim or witness is an elder person and preserving the testimony of a crime victim or witness who is an elder person."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 556"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 556 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "Behnke", "C. Anderson", "Conley", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Edming", "Gustafson", "Joers", "Kitchens", "Macco", "Maxey", "Michalski", "O'Connor", "Ohnstad", "Ortiz-Velez", "Petryk", "Sinicki", "Snyder", "Wichgers", "Wittke"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-10-26T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6297891b-fba7-4c23-8c51-17f564113c80"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab556"
source_hash: "82fbe91d1856285738a8b8e4269274f2c9c6a4ebaacc91bf72c740422a128e56"
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 556 (2023) — Relating to: expediting criminal proceedings when a victim or witness is an elder person and preserving the testimony of a crime victim or witness who is an elder person.

## 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/2023/REG/AB556-AA1)
2. **Assembly Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB556-AA2)
3. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB556)

## Votes

- CONCURRENCE — **29–3** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 1 — **6–1** (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
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- C. Anderson — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Gustafson — primary (person)
- Joers — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Macco — primary (person)
- Maxey — primary (person)
- Michalski — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Ohnstad — primary (person)
- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
- Petryk — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)
- Wittke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Macco, Wittke, C. Anderson, Armstrong, Behnke, Conley, Dittrich, Donovan, Edming, Gustafson, Joers, Kitchens, Maxey, Michalski, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Petryk, Snyder, Wichgers and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Carpenter, Ballweg, Hesselbein, Marklein and Quinn `introduction`
- **2023-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- **2023-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ratcliff added as a coauthor
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Macco
- **2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-15-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Macco
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 29, Noes 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-26-2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 231 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-28-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6297891b-fba7-4c23-8c51-17f564113c80`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).