republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-957.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 957"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 957 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "B. Jacobson", "Behnke", "Billings", "Brill", "Brown", "DeSmidt", "Dittrich", "Emerson", "Fitzgerald", "Goeben", "Joers", "Maxey", "Mayadev", "Miresse", "Neubauer", "Neylon", "O'Connor", "Ortiz-Velez", "Piwowarczyk", "Sinicki", "Tucker", "Udell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32a5bf12-220e-4b3b-be91-05fa7566eb91"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab957"
source_hash: "a028c8cc5b4021dae7a84b7bee5555ad16a207233230b7c8c3612d85220d8236"
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 957 (2025) — Relating to: Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriation. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB957)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 12, Noes 1 — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- B. Jacobson — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Billings — primary (person)
- Brill — primary (person)
- Brown — primary (person)
- DeSmidt — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Emerson — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Goeben — primary (person)
- Joers — primary (person)
- Maxey — primary (person)
- Mayadev — primary (person)
- Miresse — primary (person)
- Neubauer — primary (person)
- Neylon — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Tucker — primary (person)
- Udell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Brill, Billings, Goeben, Joers, Dittrich, Mayadev, Armstrong, Behnke, Brown, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, B. Jacobson, Maxey, Miresse, Neylon, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki, Tucker, Udell and Neubauer; cosponsored by Senators James, Wanggaard, Jacque and Roys `introduction`
- **2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-02T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Stubbs and Palmeri added as coauthors
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Duchow and Steffen added as coauthors
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Snodgrass 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 Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 12, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Vining added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 11:51 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 97, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 13, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **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** Senators Ratcliff, Smith and Carpenter added as cosponsors
- **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, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-20-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 216 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-9-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32a5bf12-220e-4b3b-be91-05fa7566eb91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).