---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: emergency communications device location information."
description: "Relating to: emergency communications device location information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 960"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 960 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandtjen", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Gundrum", "Kitchens", "Murphy", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "Penterman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/175cb0a1-e688-4027-bad8-64bdc5072dc9"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab960"
source_hash: "385a48de28cf6405d077fcf094287ce80600feeca3c61a942bd02a1c4ee253b0"
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 960 (2023) — Relating to: emergency communications device location information.

## 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/AB960-AA1)
2. **Assembly Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB960-AA2)
3. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB960)

## Votes

- CONCURRENCE — **29–3** (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
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 5 — **10–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brandtjen — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Dittrich, Donovan, Gundrum, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman and Brandtjen; cosponsored by Senators James, Ballweg, Jacque and Wanggaard `introduction`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens
- **2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 5 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Kitchens
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 10:48 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2024-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-12-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 29, Noes 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2024 `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 232 `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/175cb0a1-e688-4027-bad8-64bdc5072dc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).