republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-856.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: repealing unconstitutional provisions related to operating while intoxicated."
description: "Relating to: repealing unconstitutional provisions related to operating while intoxicated."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 856"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 856 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Born", "Dittrich", "Gundrum", "Kitchens", "Murphy", "Mursau", "O'Connor", "Penterman", "Spiros"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00744d93-31cf-454d-b3b7-2654a8d87d96"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab856"
source_hash: "d94f9d434b091fa9a7694017a7db7cada17a716bdab8f86c916e0a90ce8d4284"
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 856 (2025) — Relating to: repealing unconstitutional provisions related to operating while intoxicated.

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB856-ASA2)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB856)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Born — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Spiros, Born, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kitchens, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor and Penterman; cosponsored by Senators James, Jagler and Marklein `introduction`
- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-01-26T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Spiros
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 1:27 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Spiros
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Brown added as a coauthor
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 195 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-4-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00744d93-31cf-454d-b3b7-2654a8d87d96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).