---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: creation of a Human Trafficking Council and requiring the establishment of county sex trafficking task forces. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: creation of a Human Trafficking Council and requiring the establishment of county sex trafficking task forces. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 978"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 978 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Behnke", "Callahan", "Dittrich", "Edming", "Gundrum", "Hurd", "Kitchens", "Maxey", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "Plumer", "S. Johnson", "Schraa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/859cb5d1-dc72-4a28-8e70-508581a142b6"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab978"
source_hash: "fccb751e8e56f6185e037deca5350761e03cfafce216f80b3fffa3c34e965beb"
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 978 (2023) — Relating to: creation of a Human Trafficking Council and requiring the establishment of county sex trafficking task forces. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB978-ASA2)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB978)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 5 — **10–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Behnke — primary (person)
- Callahan — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Hurd — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Maxey — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Plumer — primary (person)
- S. Johnson — primary (person)
- Schraa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives O'Connor, Plumer, S. Johnson, Maxey, Gundrum, Mursau, Kitchens, Callahan, Dittrich, Behnke, Edming, Schraa and Hurd; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, Knodl and Tomczyk `introduction`
- **2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Jacque added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative O'Connor
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage 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`
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-15-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative O'Connor
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+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 `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`
- **2024-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-15-2024 `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 239 `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/859cb5d1-dc72-4a28-8e70-508581a142b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).