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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 78"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 78 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Duchow", "Goodwin", "Gundrum", "Knodl", "Maxey", "Melotik", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Novak", "O'Connor", "Ortiz-Velez", "Penterman", "Piwowarczyk", "Rodriguez", "Steffen", "Tittl", "Tusler", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6dea3a5-b273-49d4-b574-e18f540394b9"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab78"
source_hash: "de534fbc49b0fa35d058f3fcd39150b967db4fb46b70c301a4b171cc73db6750"
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 78 (2025) — Relating to: impoundment of vehicles used in certain reckless driving offenses. (FE)
## 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/AB78-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB78)
3. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB78-SA1)
## Votes
- 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
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1 — **71** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Allen — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Maxey — primary (person)
- Melotik — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)
- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Tittl — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Donovan, Rodriguez, Allen, Dittrich, Duchow, Goodwin, Gundrum, Knodl, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Steffen, Tittl, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard and Tomczyk `introduction`
- **2025-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to calendar of 3-13-2025 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1) `referral`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Donovan
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2025-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
- **2025-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-15T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2025-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard
- **2025-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2025-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in as amended `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate Amendment 1 adopted) `amendment-passage, receipt`
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 concurred in
- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Action ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-10-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 10-15-2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-10-29T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 10-29-2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 10-31-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 46 `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Published 11-1-2025 `became-law`
- **2026-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Doyle added as a coauthor
- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Brown added as a coauthor
- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Billings added as a coauthor
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6dea3a5-b273-49d4-b574-e18f540394b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).