republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2023/ab-556.md

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Bill	Relating to: expediting criminal proceedings when a victim or witness is an elder person and preserving the testimony of a crime victim or witness who is an elder person.	Relating to: expediting criminal proceedings when a victim or witness is an elder person and preserving the testimony of a crime victim or witness who is an elder person.	us/states/wi	Wisconsin Legislature	2023	AB 556	Wisconsin AB 556 (2023)	bill		enacted	Armstrong Behnke C. Anderson Conley Dittrich Donovan Edming Gustafson Joers Kitchens Macco Maxey Michalski O'Connor Ohnstad Ortiz-Velez Petryk Sinicki Snyder Wichgers Wittke	3	35	4	2023-10-26T05:00:00+00:00	2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/6297891b-fba7-4c23-8c51-17f564113c80	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab556	82fbe91d1856285738a8b8e4269274f2c9c6a4ebaacc91bf72c740422a128e56	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wi

Wisconsin AB 556 (2023) — Relating to: expediting criminal proceedings when a victim or witness is an elder person and preserving the testimony of a crime victim or witness who is an elder person.

Version chain

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

1. Assembly Amendment 1 (committee substitute) — source
2. Assembly Amendment 2 (committee substitute) — source
3. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• CONCURRENCE — 29–3 (pass) · upper
• Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 1 — 6–1 (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
• Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Armstrong — primary (person)
• Behnke — primary (person)
• C. Anderson — primary (person)
• Conley — primary (person)
• Dittrich — primary (person)
• Donovan — primary (person)
• Edming — primary (person)
• Gustafson — primary (person)
• Joers — primary (person)
• Kitchens — primary (person)
• Macco — primary (person)
• Maxey — primary (person)
• Michalski — primary (person)
• O'Connor — primary (person)
• Ohnstad — primary (person)
• Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
• Petryk — primary (person)
• Sinicki — primary (person)
• Snyder — primary (person)
• Wichgers — primary (person)
• Wittke — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-10-26T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced by Representatives Macco, Wittke, C. Anderson, Armstrong, Behnke, Conley, Dittrich, Donovan, Edming, Gustafson, Joers, Kitchens, Maxey, Michalski, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Petryk, Snyder, Wichgers and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Carpenter, Ballweg, Hesselbein, Marklein and Quinn introduction
• 2023-10-26T05:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
• 2023-11-03T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Ratcliff added as a coauthor
• 2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Representative Jacobson added as a coauthor
• 2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00 Public hearing held
• 2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Macco
• 2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken
• 2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00 Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00 Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 1 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 Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Macco
• 2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 2 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 Senate Organization referral-committee
• 2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00 Available for scheduling
• 2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00 Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
• 2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 29, Noes 3 passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Received from Senate concurred in receipt
• 2024-02-26T06:00:00+00:00 Report correctly enrolled on 2-26-2024 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 231 executive-signature
• 2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Published 3-28-2024 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6297891b-fba7-4c23-8c51-17f564113c80. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).