---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: eliminating obsolete provisions regarding the term of a state public defender and the removal of the state public defender (suggested as remedial language by the State Public Defender)."
description: "Relating to: eliminating obsolete provisions regarding the term of a state public defender and the removal of the state public defender (suggested as remedial language by the State Public Defender)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 939"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 939 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96c46e53-7ddf-4f7b-843f-bc01368b7672"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab939"
source_hash: "a8697b03a7230fc4e0faa2eafff0c23a4bf6b616732567733507eeb9a323e96a"
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 939 (2025) — Relating to: eliminating obsolete provisions regarding the term of a state public defender and the removal of the state public defender (suggested as remedial language by the State Public Defender).

## 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/AB939)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Law Revision Committee — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Law Revision Committee `introduction`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Rules `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-10-2026 by Committee on Rules
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+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 Carpenter 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`
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-19-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 141 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-28-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96c46e53-7ddf-4f7b-843f-bc01368b7672`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).