republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-237.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the age at which an infant is covered under the safe haven law."
description: "Relating to: the age at which an infant is covered under the safe haven law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 237"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 237 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Behnke", "Brill", "Goeben", "Gundrum", "Gustafson", "Kitchens", "Knodl", "Kreibich", "Maxey", "Novak", "O'Connor", "Prado", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-05-02T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2518beb-dfdc-4477-ae28-0fbdfa0aa572"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab237"
source_hash: "3292abdcfe1598d40bfbe914c9f3af1d1762a8b6ed5a2ece0a1d38d65b58eb32"
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 237 (2025) — Relating to: the age at which an infant is covered under the safe haven law.

## 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/AB237-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB237)

## 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 Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Behnke — primary (person)
- Brill — primary (person)
- Goeben — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Gustafson — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kreibich — primary (person)
- Maxey — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Prado — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Gundrum, O'Connor, Novak, Brill, Maxey, Kreibich, Prado, Kitchens, Wichgers, Goeben, Behnke, Gustafson and Knodl; cosponsored by Senators Hutton and Cabral-Guevara `introduction`
- **2025-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Kurtz added as a coauthor
- **2025-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Piwowarczyk added as a coauthor
- **2025-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Marklein added as a cosponsor
- **2026-01-05T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Gundrum
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-10-2026 by Committee on Rules
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended and taken up
- **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** Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a cosponsor
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-16-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-12-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-13-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 94 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-14-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2518beb-dfdc-4477-ae28-0fbdfa0aa572`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).