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AB 161Session 2025HouseFailed

Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.

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Latest development · Mar 23, 2026

Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Session
2025
Introduced
Apr 4, 2025
Latest passage
Date unavailable
TopicsSponsorsActionsRelated billsDiscussion

Topics and classification

Civixly topics

Elections & GovernmentEnvironment & EnergyTransportation

Document type

Bill

Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

Primary sponsorB. Jacobson
Primary sponsorBehnke
Primary sponsorBrill
Primary sponsorCallahan
Primary sponsorDallman
Primary sponsorDittrich
Primary sponsorGoeben
Primary sponsorGreen
Primary sponsorGundrum
Primary sponsorKnodl
Primary sponsorKreibich
Primary sponsorKrug
Primary sponsorMaxey
Primary sponsorMelotik
Primary sponsorMurphy
Primary sponsorNovak
Primary sponsorPenterman
Primary sponsorPiwowarczyk
Primary sponsorSnyder
Primary sponsorSpiros
Primary sponsorTranel
Primary sponsorTucker
Primary sponsorTusler
Primary sponsorWichgers

Action timeline

Newest action first. Action language is supplied by the state source.

View full action timeline12 actions⌄
  1. Mar 23, 2026

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    FailureAssembly
  2. Sep 11, 2025

    Laid on the table

    DeferralAssembly
  3. Sep 9, 2025

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 9-11-2025

    ReferralAssembly
  4. Jun 24, 2025

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

    Assembly
  5. Jun 20, 2025

    Representative Duchow added as a coauthor

    Assembly
  6. Apr 23, 2025

    Referred to committee on Rules

    Referral CommitteeAssembly
  7. Apr 23, 2025

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 1

    Committee Passage FavorableAssembly
  8. Apr 10, 2025

    Executive action taken

    Assembly
  9. Apr 9, 2025

    Public hearing held

    Assembly
  10. Apr 7, 2025

    Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor

    Assembly
  11. Apr 4, 2025

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

    Reading 1Referral CommitteeAssembly
  12. Apr 4, 2025

    Introduced by Representatives Tucker, Green, Piwowarczyk, Brill, Krug, Tranel, Maxey, B. Jacobson, Callahan, Kreibich, Penterman, Wichgers, Novak, Behnke, Goeben, Murphy, Knodl, Snyder, Dallman, Dittrich, Spiros, Gundrum, Tusler and Melotik; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Wanggaard, Quinn, Feyen, Nass and Bradley

    IntroductionAssembly

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Source data last updated Jul 9, 2026.