republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-19.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: increased penalties for crimes against adults at risk; restraining orders for adults at risk; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an adult at risk; sexual assault of an adult at risk; and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: increased penalties for crimes against adults at risk; restraining orders for adults at risk; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an adult at risk; sexual assault of an adult at risk; and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 19"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 19 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Behnke", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Gundrum", "Knodl", "Kreibich", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Tusler", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-06T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2afd33f1-e026-4255-87a6-b539e9380b7c"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab19"
source_hash: "a052f90136b800337e342be595ed4263d263861f084774c2d626fe6256ea3732"
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 19 (2025) — Relating to: increased penalties for crimes against adults at risk; restraining orders for adults at risk; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an adult at risk; sexual assault of an adult at risk; 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/AB19-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB19)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 1 — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0 — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kreibich — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Kreibich, Allen, Behnke, Dittrich, Donovan, Gundrum, Knodl, Murphy, Mursau, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque and Carpenter `introduction`
- **2025-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2025-11-17T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kreibich
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-12-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-12-17T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-12-17T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-12-17T06:00:00+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 `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 Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- **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** Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a cosponsor
- **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`
- **2026-01-23T06:00:00+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 149 `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/2afd33f1-e026-4255-87a6-b539e9380b7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).