republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-677.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: creating a crime of grooming a child for sexual activity and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: creating a crime of grooming a child for sexual activity and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 677"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 677 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Jacobson", "Behnke", "Brill", "Callahan", "DeSmidt", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Duchow", "Franklin", "Green", "Gundrum", "Gustafson", "Hurd", "Kaufert", "Kitchens", "Knodl", "Kreibich", "Maxey", "Moses", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Nedweski", "Novak", "O'Connor", "Penterman", "Piwowarczyk", "Snyder", "Steffen", "Tusler", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6f3f1b9-5079-4529-87b4-3451e26238e3"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab677"
source_hash: "a2e007b3938dec4ec17bee312cb0429a7128258409b8a188fe0ad8480b83fd91"
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 677 (2025) — Relating to: creating a crime of grooming a child for sexual activity and providing a penalty.

## 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/AB677-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB677)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- B. Jacobson — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Brill — primary (person)
- Callahan — primary (person)
- DeSmidt — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Franklin — primary (person)
- Green — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Gustafson — primary (person)
- Hurd — primary (person)
- Kaufert — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kreibich — primary (person)
- Maxey — primary (person)
- Moses — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Nedweski — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)
- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Nedweski, Brill, Dittrich, Behnke, Callahan, DeSmidt, Donovan, Duchow, Franklin, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Hurd, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Snyder, Steffen, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators James, Wanggaard, Hutton, Nass and Quinn `introduction`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-12-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Marklein added as a cosponsor
- **2026-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Nedweski
- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 93, Noes 6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-13-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-5-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-6-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 88 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-7-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6f3f1b9-5079-4529-87b4-3451e26238e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).