republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-768.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: operation of drones over certain utility facilities and providing a penalty."
description: "Relating to: operation of drones over certain utility facilities and providing a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 768"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 768 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dittrich", "Donovan", "Goodwin", "Knodl", "Maxey", "Melotik", "Murphy", "Novak", "O'Connor", "Penterman", "Sinicki", "Tittl", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-12-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-03T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e2271e2-766b-43e3-b1c1-50bf1e60ae69"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab768"
source_hash: "f1396acf9509efcd3dec83525f048c38a67879a0bc7af7ebb100465e5f823c55"
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 768 (2025) — Relating to: operation of drones over certain utility facilities 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/AB768-AA1)
2. **Assembly Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB768-AA2)
3. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB768)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 2 — **13–2** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **85–14** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (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

## Sponsors

- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Maxey — primary (person)
- Melotik — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Tittl — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Donovan, Dittrich, Goodwin, Knodl, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Sinicki, Tittl and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk and James `introduction`
- **2025-12-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Donovan
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 2 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Donovan
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative McCarville added as a coauthor
- **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** Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 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 85, Noes 14 `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 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
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+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`
- **2026-03-23T05:00:00+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 194 `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/6e2271e2-766b-43e3-b1c1-50bf1e60ae69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).