---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: imposing the penalty of life imprisonment for the crime of child trafficking and providing a penalty. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: imposing the penalty of life imprisonment for the crime of child trafficking and providing a penalty. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 86"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 86 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Behnke", "Goeben", "Gundrum", "Knodl", "Kreibich", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Sortwell", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c6ebc5e-8365-4009-8b5d-0b4a9f4184a4"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab86"
source_hash: "e07ae87db14709715eda22640ae4dbee6f6fc54dfdbd364bd260d904a792f0f1"
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 86 (2025) — Relating to: imposing the penalty of life imprisonment for the crime of child trafficking and providing a penalty. (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/AB86)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 4, Noes 0 — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1 — **6–1** (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

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Goeben — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kreibich — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Sortwell — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Allen, Behnke, Goeben, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, Mursau and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senator Jacque `introduction`
- **2025-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 4, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to calendar of 3-13-2025 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1) `referral`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Anderson added as a coauthor
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2025-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2025-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **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** 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** Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-25-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 187 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-4-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c6ebc5e-8365-4009-8b5d-0b4a9f4184a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).