republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-238.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: prohibiting hotels, inns, and motels from discriminating against dog handlers who are accompanied by search and rescue dogs."
description: "Relating to: prohibiting hotels, inns, and motels from discriminating against dog handlers who are accompanied by search and rescue dogs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 238"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 238 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andraca", "Green", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "Piwowarczyk"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-05-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e377641-59e1-4383-9071-bfaba7f79c9e"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab238"
source_hash: "022cb65e975b8755a7a46cbf47f2e03ab774c406d432dda2560e47b87fd431f9"
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 238 (2025) — Relating to: prohibiting hotels, inns, and motels from discriminating against dog handlers who are accompanied by search and rescue dogs.

## 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/2025/REG/AB238-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB238)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Commerce, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Commerce, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (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

- Andraca — primary (person)
- Green — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Green, Andraca, Mursau, O'Connor and Piwowarczyk; cosponsored by Senators James and Wanggaard `introduction`
- **2025-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Commerce `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Stroud added as a coauthor
- **2025-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Sinicki added as a coauthor
- **2025-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Green
- **2025-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Commerce, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Commerce, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senators Dassler-Alfheim and Smith added as cosponsors
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2026-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 1-22-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 151 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-3-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e377641-59e1-4383-9071-bfaba7f79c9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).