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State Government / Wisconsin / Legislation / AB 701

AB 701Session 2025HousePassed a vote

Relating to: adopting the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act.

No separate plain-language summary is currently available from the source.

Latest development · Mar 23, 2026

Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Session
2025
Introduced
Dec 1, 2025
Latest passage
Feb 17, 2026
TopicsSponsorsActionsDiscussion

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Document type

Bill

Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

Primary sponsorBehnke
Primary sponsorBrill
Primary sponsorDittrich
Primary sponsorGoeben
Primary sponsorGundrum
Primary sponsorKitchens
Primary sponsorKnodl
Primary sponsorKreibich
Primary sponsorMaxey
Primary sponsorMelotik
Primary sponsorO'Connor
Primary sponsorPiwowarczyk

Action timeline

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View full action timeline19 actions⌄
  1. Mar 23, 2026

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    Amendment FailureSenate
  2. Feb 20, 2026

    Available for scheduling

    Senate
  3. Feb 20, 2026

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

    Reading 1Referral CommitteeSenate
  4. Feb 18, 2026

    Received from Assembly

    ReceiptSenate
  5. Feb 17, 2026

    Ordered immediately messaged

    Assembly
  6. Feb 17, 2026

    Read a third time and passed

    PassageReading 3Assembly
  7. Feb 17, 2026

    Rules suspended

    Assembly
  8. Feb 17, 2026

    Ordered to a third reading

    Reading 3Assembly
  9. Feb 17, 2026

    Read a second time

    Reading 2Assembly
  10. Feb 13, 2026

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

    ReferralAssembly
  11. Feb 2, 2026

    Representative Udell added as a coauthor

    Assembly
  12. Jan 21, 2026

    Representative Murphy added as a coauthor

    Assembly
  13. Jan 15, 2026

    Referred to committee on Rules

    Referral CommitteeAssembly
  14. Jan 15, 2026

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0

    Committee Passage FavorableAssembly
  15. Jan 14, 2026

    Executive action taken

    Assembly
  16. Jan 14, 2026

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

    Assembly
  17. Jan 7, 2026

    Public hearing held

    Assembly
  18. Dec 1, 2025

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

    Reading 1Referral CommitteeAssembly
  19. Dec 1, 2025

    Introduced by Representatives Piwowarczyk, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Melotik and O'Connor; cosponsored by Senator Wimberger

    IntroductionAssembly

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Source data last updated Jul 9, 2026.