republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ajr-10.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the freedom to gather in places of worship during a state of emergency (second consideration)."
description: "Relating to: the freedom to gather in places of worship during a state of emergency (second consideration)."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AJR 10"
citation: "Wisconsin AJR 10 (2025)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Armstrong", "B. Jacobson", "Behnke", "Brill", "Brooks", "Callahan", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Franklin", "Goeben", "Green", "Gundrum", "Gustafson", "Hurd", "Knodl", "Kreibich", "Maxey", "Murphy", "Nedweski", "O'Connor", "Penterman", "Piwowarczyk", "Tittl", "Tusler", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-24T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-05-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09544c5a-2125-4c5a-8387-e5aef366c1f4"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/joint_resolution/ajr10"
source_hash: "fee492607a76c7713b749224f57c8b589fdadbb3d4939898f7c5cb51d124c703"
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 AJR 10 (2025) — Relating to: the freedom to gather in places of worship during a state of emergency (second consideration).

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Joint Resolution** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/enrolledbills/2025/REG/AJR10)
2. **Joint Resolution Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR10)

## Votes

- CONCURRENCE — **18–15** (pass) · upper
- ADOPTION — **56–43** (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
- Report adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 5, Noes 1 — **5–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Armstrong — primary (person)
- B. Jacobson — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- Brill — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Callahan — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Franklin — primary (person)
- Goeben — primary (person)
- Green — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Gustafson — primary (person)
- Hurd — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kreibich — primary (person)
- Maxey — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Nedweski — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)
- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
- Tittl — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Tusler, Green, Allen, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Brooks, Callahan, Dittrich, Donovan, Franklin, Goeben, Gundrum, Gustafson, Hurd, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Murphy, Nedweski, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Tittl and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Nass, Bradley, Cabral-Guevara, Felzkowski, James, Kapenga and Quinn `introduction`
- **2025-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-05-20T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Ortiz-Velez
- **2025-05-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 5, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-29T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Adopted, Ayes 56, Noes 43 `passage`
- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give joint resolution its third reading
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 1-23-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Deposited in the office of the Secretary of State on 1-27-2026
- **2026-05-26T05:00:00+00:00** Published 5-26-2026. Enrolled Joint Resolution 10 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09544c5a-2125-4c5a-8387-e5aef366c1f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).