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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the testimony of a child in a criminal proceeding for a human trafficking crime. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: the testimony of a child in a criminal proceeding for a human trafficking crime. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 976"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 976 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Andraca", "Baldeh", "Bare", "Behnke", "Billings", "Brandtjen", "C. Anderson", "Conley", "Considine", "Dittrich", "Drake", "Edming", "Emerson", "Green", "Gundrum", "Gustafson", "Hurd", "J. Anderson", "Joers", "Kitchens", "Krug", "Madison", "Maxey", "Melotik", "Moore Omokunde", "Murphy", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "Ohnstad", "Palmeri", "Penterman", "Ratcliff", "Shankland", "Sinicki", "Stubbs", "Subeck"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/192448c5-f6c7-41b7-91dd-5c0cb5af58d8"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab976"
source_hash: "c6199c75825df9ee545955165bac56e19866e4c6a232f1a3d1e5d39156ad7434"
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 976 (2023) — Relating to: the testimony of a child in a criminal proceeding for a human trafficking crime. (FE)
## 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/2023/REG/AB976)
## Votes
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **70** (pass) · upper
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **32** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **150** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Allen — primary (person)
- Andraca — primary (person)
- Baldeh — primary (person)
- Bare — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Billings — primary (person)
- Brandtjen — primary (person)
- C. Anderson — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Considine — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Drake — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Emerson — primary (person)
- Green — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Gustafson — primary (person)
- Hurd — primary (person)
- J. Anderson — primary (person)
- Joers — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Madison — primary (person)
- Maxey — primary (person)
- Melotik — primary (person)
- Moore Omokunde — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Ohnstad — primary (person)
- Palmeri — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)
- Ratcliff — primary (person)
- Shankland — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Stubbs — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Billings, O'Connor, Joers, Gustafson, Maxey, Penterman, Gundrum, Conley, Krug, Brandtjen, Mursau, Kitchens, Emerson, Dittrich, C. Anderson, Sinicki, Considine, Madison, Ohnstad, Stubbs, Baldeh, J. Anderson, Behnke, Palmeri, Subeck, Murphy, Edming, Allen, Bare, Ratcliff, Melotik, Drake, Green, Moore Omokunde, Hurd, Andraca and Shankland; cosponsored by Senators James, L. Johnson, Taylor, Wirch, Ballweg, Larson, Testin and Carpenter `introduction`
- **2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Binsfeld added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Haywood added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
- **2024-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, 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** 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`
- **2024-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `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 238 `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/192448c5-f6c7-41b7-91dd-5c0cb5af58d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).