---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: creating a civil cause of action for sexual extortion."
description: "Relating to: creating a civil cause of action for sexual extortion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 923"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 923 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jacobson", "Behnke", "Brill", "Dittrich", "Gundrum", "Knodl", "Kreibich", "Maxey", "Moses", "Murphy", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "Piwowarczyk", "Snyder", "Spiros", "Tittl"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73b29280-8c45-4901-8c88-359ac07336ef"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab923"
source_hash: "438266448792e118f861e0edf8a6cd47c9f6d260259fe9e4a0fc390081e03ef1"
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 923 (2025) — Relating to: creating a civil cause of action for sexual extortion.

## 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/AB923)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (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
- PASSAGE — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 5, Noes 1 — **5–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Jacobson — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Brill — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kreibich — primary (person)
- Maxey — primary (person)
- Moses — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Tittl — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives B. Jacobson, Snyder, Mursau, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Moses, Murphy, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Spiros and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators James, Quinn and Wanggaard `introduction`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Hysell added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Phelps added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 5, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Madison added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 11:48 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Clancy, Hong and Miresse added as coauthors
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 95, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **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** Senators Ratcliff and Smith added as cosponsors
- **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** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 215 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-9-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73b29280-8c45-4901-8c88-359ac07336ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).