republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-964.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime victim is a child. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime victim is a child. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 964"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 964 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andraca", "Armstrong", "B. Jacobson", "Behnke", "Billings", "Brill", "DeSmidt", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Fitzgerald", "Goeben", "Goodwin", "Green", "Joers", "Knodl", "Kreibich", "Maxey", "Mayadev", "Melotik", "Miresse", "Murphy", "Nedweski", "Neubauer", "O'Connor", "Ortiz-Velez", "Piwowarczyk", "Sinicki", "Sortwell", "Stubbs", "Udell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-29T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c05e6f87-e9aa-4cab-a250-671160ea816c"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab964"
source_hash: "b614e6b5d41b43af8c8a038a3498195d78dd3395c0e7f55b99328e4ac92f6f2e"
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 964 (2025) — Relating to: Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime victim is a child. (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/AB964)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andraca — primary (person)
- Armstrong — primary (person)
- B. Jacobson — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Billings — primary (person)
- Brill — primary (person)
- DeSmidt — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Goeben — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Green — primary (person)
- Joers — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kreibich — primary (person)
- Maxey — primary (person)
- Mayadev — primary (person)
- Melotik — primary (person)
- Miresse — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Nedweski — primary (person)
- Neubauer — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Sortwell — primary (person)
- Stubbs — 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 Dittrich, Joers, Brill, Mayadev, Billings, Andraca, Armstrong, Behnke, DeSmidt, Donovan, Fitzgerald, Goeben, Goodwin, Green, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Miresse, Murphy, Nedweski, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki, Sortwell, Udell, Stubbs, Melotik and Neubauer; cosponsored by Senators James, Wanggaard, Tomczyk and Jacque `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`
- **2026-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Roys added as a cosponsor
- **2026-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Kaufert added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Duchow and Steffen added as coauthors
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Allen 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 13, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Vining added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 11:56 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 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-27T06:00:00+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
- **2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **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** 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 `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 218 `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/c05e6f87-e9aa-4cab-a250-671160ea816c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).