---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: prohibiting education employers from entering into certain agreements related to information about alleged immoral conduct by an employee and civil immunity for information provided to a prospective employer."
description: "Relating to: prohibiting education employers from entering into certain agreements related to information about alleged immoral conduct by an employee and civil immunity for information provided to a prospective employer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 1004"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 1004 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Behnke", "Dittrich", "Goeben", "Gundrum", "Murphy", "Nedweski", "O'Connor", "Piwowarczyk", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/678217ea-443b-4d64-9bdc-4a1aef4dc00a"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab1004"
source_hash: "2bb0d3221e7f441d7824dcb35d0ae06da7be5ba79d109ab42aacf815c4a834c6"
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 1004 (2025) — Relating to: prohibiting education employers from entering into certain agreements related to information about alleged immoral conduct by an employee and civil immunity for information provided to a prospective employer.

## 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/AB1004)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **87–8** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 10, Noes 3 — **10–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Behnke — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Goeben — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Nedweski — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Nedweski, Behnke, Dittrich, Gundrum, Murphy, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Wichgers and Goeben; cosponsored by Senators James and Jacque `introduction`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Knodl added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Duchow added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Nass added as a cosponsor
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 10, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 12:03 PM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
- **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 87, Noes 8 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **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** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-20-2026 `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 186 `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/678217ea-443b-4d64-9bdc-4a1aef4dc00a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).