---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: falsely reporting an emergency and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: falsely reporting an emergency and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 454"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 454 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Brandtjen", "Brostoff", "Dittrich", "Duchow", "Edming", "Gundrum", "James", "Murphy", "Novak", "Plumer", "Sinicki", "Skowronski", "Tittl", "Vorpagel", "Vruwink"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-09-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d1c7c8f-ff34-4b96-a35e-7a05b710c3c2"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab454"
source_hash: "15a5a6d3be0e368f9f9ac9ac277f9792794f9877258deab18531d771f324ec05"
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 454 (2019) — Relating to: falsely reporting an emergency and providing a penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB454-ASA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB454)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 0 — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 0 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Brandtjen — primary (person)
- Brostoff — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Plumer — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Tittl — primary (person)
- Vorpagel — primary (person)
- Vruwink — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-09-18T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Vorpagel, Duchow, Anderson, Brandtjen, Brostoff, Dittrich, Edming, Gundrum, James, Murphy, Novak, Plumer, Sinicki, Skowronski, Tittl and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Wanggaard, Bewley, Jacque, Marklein, Nass, Olsen and L. Taylor `introduction`
- **2019-09-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
- **2019-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Vorpagel `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-12-26T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- **2019-12-26T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-12-26T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-11-2020 by Committee on Rules
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Larson added as a cosponsor
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 132 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-4-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d1c7c8f-ff34-4b96-a35e-7a05b710c3c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).