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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to: injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty."
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description: "Relating to: injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
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legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "AB 61"
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citation: "Wisconsin AB 61 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Andraca", "Armstrong", "B. Jacobson", "Behnke", "Brill", "Callahan", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Goeben", "Gundrum", "Kaufert", "Kitchens", "Kreibich", "Maxey", "Miresse", "Nedweski", "O'Connor", "Penterman", "Piwowarczyk", "Sinicki", "Steffen", "Tittl", "Wichgers"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-24T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31dba621-a801-4a67-a6b2-e50030cd5308"
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source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab61"
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source_hash: "eb054255cdf83dbce86888a0f318f3d3beb1d48682dd17db7abf1cc933299c5c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
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---
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# Wisconsin AB 61 (2025) — Relating to: injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB61)
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## Votes
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- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1 — **7–1** (pass) · upper
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- Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Andraca — primary (person)
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- Armstrong — primary (person)
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- B. Jacobson — primary (person)
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- Behnke — primary (person)
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- Brill — primary (person)
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- Callahan — primary (person)
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- Dittrich — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Goeben — primary (person)
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- Gundrum — primary (person)
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- Kaufert — primary (person)
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- Kitchens — primary (person)
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- Kreibich — primary (person)
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- Maxey — primary (person)
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- Miresse — primary (person)
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- Nedweski — primary (person)
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- O'Connor — primary (person)
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- Penterman — primary (person)
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- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
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- Sinicki — primary (person)
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- Steffen — primary (person)
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- Tittl — primary (person)
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- Wichgers — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Nedweski, Dittrich, Piwowarczyk, Andraca, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Donovan, Goeben, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Kitchens, Kreibich, Maxey, Miresse, O'Connor, Penterman, Sinicki, Steffen, Tittl and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Carpenter, L. Johnson, Marklein and Nass `introduction`
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- **2025-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Representative McCarville added as a coauthor
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- **2025-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
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- **2025-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor
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- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
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- **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`
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- **2025-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to calendar of 3-13-2025 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1) `referral`
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- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Anderson and Stubbs added as coauthors
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- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
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- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
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- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
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- **2025-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
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- **2025-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Habush Sinykin added as a cosponsor
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- **2025-06-04T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
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- **2025-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
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- **2025-06-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
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- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senators Ratcliff and Keyeski added as cosponsors
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- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
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- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
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- **2025-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
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- **2025-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 6-19-2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-08-07T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 8-7-2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-08-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 28 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-08-11T05:00:00+00:00** Published 8-9-2025 `became-law`
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- **2026-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Doyle added as a coauthor
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- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Brown added as a coauthor
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- **2026-03-10T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Billings added as a coauthor
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- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31dba621-a801-4a67-a6b2-e50030cd5308`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
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