---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the operation of drones over school property and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: the operation of drones over school property and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 530"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 530 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Behnke", "Dittrich", "Franklin", "Goodwin", "Gundrum", "Kitchens", "Knodl", "Melotik", "Murphy", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "Penterman", "Piwowarczyk", "Sheehan", "Sinicki", "Steffen", "Stroud", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-10-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc3d147c-339a-4b41-bda9-c32dd4844050"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab530"
source_hash: "4b9a55b3b8b48b8609e9eb1c35b7803712a1153548005d79d86d977cc4452b71"
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 530 (2025) — Relating to: the operation of drones over school property and providing a penalty.

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB530-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB530)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 5, Noes 1 — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Behnke — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Franklin — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Melotik — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)
- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
- Sheehan — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Stroud — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-15T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Franklin, Steffen, Behnke, Dittrich, Goodwin, Gundrum, Knodl, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators James, Marklein and Tomczyk `introduction`
- **2025-10-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Science, Technology, and AI `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-10-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
- **2025-11-04T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens
- **2025-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 5, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
- **2025-11-17T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+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** 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** Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
- **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`
- **2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 189 `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/cc3d147c-339a-4b41-bda9-c32dd4844050`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).