---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: going armed with an electric weapon by private security personnel."
description: "Relating to: going armed with an electric weapon by private security personnel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 135"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 135 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Brandtjen", "Brooks", "Gundrum", "Horlacher", "Kulp", "Magnafici", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Plumer", "Rohrkaste", "Skowronski", "Spiros", "Thiesfeldt", "Tusler", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56fe03d3-ab79-48be-8049-a43b5400ef44"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab135"
source_hash: "dff4372fce6f6491932b7b646226d06207992c28bfc4b73f6174b3f8fe0af0bc"
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 135 (2019) — Relating to: going armed with an electric weapon by private security personnel.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB135)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Brandtjen — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Horlacher — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Magnafici — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Plumer — primary (person)
- Rohrkaste — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Thiesfeldt — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Rohrkaste, Gundrum, Ballweg, Brandtjen, Brooks, Horlacher, Kulp, Magnafici, Mursau, Plumer, Skowronski, Spiros, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Wichgers and Murphy; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Feyen, Marklein and Nass `introduction`
- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-20-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2019-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2020-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 1-24-2020
- **2020-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-3-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-5-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 87 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-6-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/56fe03d3-ab79-48be-8049-a43b5400ef44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).