---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: mandatory training regarding human trafficking for employees of community-based residential facilities and owners of certain entities and certain other employees and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: mandatory training regarding human trafficking for employees of community-based residential facilities and owners of certain entities and certain other employees and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 973"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 973 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baldeh", "Behnke", "Brandtjen", "C. Anderson", "Callahan", "Conley", "Considine", "Edming", "Emerson", "Gundrum", "Hurd", "Kitchens", "Krug", "Maxey", "Murphy", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "Schraa", "Stubbs", "Subeck", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21575d54-f93c-402c-99f8-9705e7f49eee"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab973"
source_hash: "06347d2bd1d8890a1d7c1f0616558c80fe16b2396241e36d2722512e584932f8"
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 973 (2023) — Relating to: mandatory training regarding human trafficking for employees of community-based residential facilities and owners of certain entities and certain other employees and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

## 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/2023/REG/AB973-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB973)

## Votes

- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (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

- Baldeh — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Brandtjen — primary (person)
- C. Anderson — primary (person)
- Callahan — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Considine — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Emerson — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Hurd — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Maxey — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Schraa — primary (person)
- Stubbs — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Gundrum, Stubbs, C. Anderson, Baldeh, Behnke, Brandtjen, Callahan, Conley, Considine, Edming, Emerson, Hurd, Kitchens, Krug, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Schraa, Subeck and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Knodl, Ballweg, Taylor, Testin and Wirch `introduction`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor
- **2024-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Gundrum
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities, Ayes 14, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Workforce Development and Economic Opportunities, Ayes 14, Noes 0 `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
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+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 237 `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/21575d54-f93c-402c-99f8-9705e7f49eee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).