republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2023/ab-637.md

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Bill	Relating to: removing a catalytic converter without consent and providing a penalty.	Relating to: removing a catalytic converter without consent and providing a penalty.	us/states/wi	Wisconsin Legislature	2023	AB 637	Wisconsin AB 637 (2023)	bill		enacted	Allen Behnke Dittrich Donovan Duchow Goeben Jacobson Maxey Melotik Murphy Mursau Nedweski O'Connor Palmeri Penterman Rettinger Sapik Sortwell	1	34	2	2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00	2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fdae7d38-6bf9-462d-8c63-872cd7967100	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab637	e0e10f995d810141d0da9941fbad4773153f237208d5d9c9725187c59ba2c01e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wi

Wisconsin AB 637 (2023) — Relating to: removing a catalytic converter without consent and providing a penalty.

Version chain

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

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — 13–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Behnke — primary (person)
• Dittrich — primary (person)
• Donovan — primary (person)
• Duchow — primary (person)
• Goeben — primary (person)
• Jacobson — primary (person)
• Maxey — primary (person)
• Melotik — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• Mursau — primary (person)
• Nedweski — primary (person)
• O'Connor — primary (person)
• Palmeri — primary (person)
• Penterman — primary (person)
• Rettinger — primary (person)
• Sapik — primary (person)
• Sortwell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced by Representatives Rettinger, Donovan, Allen, Behnke, Dittrich, Duchow, Goeben, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Palmeri, Penterman, Sapik, Sortwell and Jacobson; cosponsored by Senators Knodl, Ballweg, Carpenter, Marklein, Nass and Roys introduction
• 2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-11-30T06:00:00+00:00 Public hearing held
• 2023-11-30T06:00:00+00:00 Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
• 2024-01-09T06:00:00+00:00 Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
• 2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken
• 2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00 Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00 Referred to committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 1-18-2024 by Committee on Rules
• 2024-01-17T06:00:00+00:00 Representative Macco added as a coauthor
• 2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended
• 2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and passed passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00 Received from Assembly receipt
• 2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00 Representative Shankland added as a coauthor
• 2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety referral-committee
• 2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00 Public hearing held
• 2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00 Senator Cowles added as a cosponsor
• 2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken
• 2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00 Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-08T06:00:00+00:00 Available for scheduling
• 2024-02-09T06:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 2-13-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
• 2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
• 2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and concurred in passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Received from Senate concurred in receipt
• 2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00 Report correctly enrolled on 2-15-2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00 Report approved by the Governor on 3-21-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 166 executive-signature
• 2024-03-21T05:00:00+00:00 Published 3-22-2024 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fdae7d38-6bf9-462d-8c63-872cd7967100. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).