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AB201 • 2025
extortion, sexual extortion, and providing a penalty
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
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Report approved by the Governor on 12-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 48
Published 12-9-2025
Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
LRB correction
LRB correction ( Assembly Amendment 1 )
Report correctly enrolled on 10-20-2025
Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
Read a second time
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
Read a third time and concurred in
Ordered immediately messaged
Received from Senate concurred in
Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Executive action taken
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety , Ayes 8, Noes 0
Available for scheduling
Public hearing held
Senator Hutton added as a cosponsor
Senator Wanggaard added as a cosponsor
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
Read a second time
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended
Read a third time and passed
Representative Anderson added as a coauthor
Ordered immediately messaged
Received from Assembly
Representative Prado added as a coauthor
Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-18-2025
Representative Stroud added as a coauthor
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety , Ayes 13, Noes 0
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety , Ayes 13, Noes 0
Referred to committee on Rules
Executive action taken
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder
Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
Representative Udell added as a coauthor
Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
Representative Mursau added as a coauthor
Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
Representative Doyle added as a coauthor
Public hearing held
Introduced by Representatives Snyder , B. Jacobson , Spiros , Armstrong , Behnke , Brill , Callahan , Dittrich , Goeben , Gundrum , Joers , Kaufert , Knodl , Kreibich , Krug , Maxey , McCarville , Miresse , Moses , Novak , O'Connor , Piwowarczyk , Rodriguez , Sinicki , Steffen , Stubbs , Subeck and Wichgers ; cosponsored by Senators James , Tomczyk , Cabral-Guevara and Quinn
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
extortion, sexual extortion, and providing a penalty Status: A - Enacted into Law