republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-446.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: consideration of a certain definition of antisemitism for purposes of laws, ordinances, policies, or criminal penalty enhancers concerning discrimination based on race, religion, color, or national origin."
description: "Relating to: consideration of a certain definition of antisemitism for purposes of laws, ordinances, policies, or criminal penalty enhancers concerning discrimination based on race, religion, color, or national origin."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 446"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 446 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dallman", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Emerson", "Gundrum", "Gustafson", "Knodl", "Kreibich", "Murphy", "O'Connor", "Ortiz-Velez", "Subeck", "Tusler", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-09-19T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef209a47-4672-4054-9ba0-e529d328f769"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab446"
source_hash: "b23bb26f6dcde19cf8dc2493df2e0f51dd885b3ae835b543322fed71cdcb8626"
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 446 (2025) — Relating to: consideration of a certain definition of antisemitism for purposes of laws, ordinances, policies, or criminal penalty enhancers concerning discrimination based on race, religion, color, or national origin.

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB446-ASA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB446)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 8, Noes 2 — **8–2** (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
- PASSAGE — **66–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dallman — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Emerson — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Gustafson — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kreibich — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Tusler, Dallman, Dittrich, Donovan, Emerson, Gundrum, Gustafson, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Subeck and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Hutton, Cabral-Guevara, Hesselbein, James, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Testin, Wall, Wanggaard and Wirch `introduction`
- **2025-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Ratcliff withdrawn as a cosponsor `withdrawal`
- **2025-10-22T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Goodwin added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 8, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Tusler
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 66, Noes 33 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **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 Wirch withdrawn as a cosponsor `withdrawal`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-27-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 143 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-28-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef209a47-4672-4054-9ba0-e529d328f769`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).