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2025 - 2026 LEGISLATURE
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2025 ASSEMBLY BILL 683
November 26, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives
Knodl
,
Behnke
,
Brill
,
Callahan
,
Dallman
,
Green
,
Kurtz
,
Melotik
,
Moses
,
Murphy
,
Mursau
,
Penterman
and
Piwowarczyk
, cosponsored by Senators
Testin
,
Jacque
,
Nass
and
Tomczyk
. Referred to Committee on Energy and Utilities.
AB683,1,3
1
An Act
to create
196.95 of the statutes;
relating to:
prohibiting critical
2
telecommunications infrastructure from including equipment manufactured
3
by a foreign adversary.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits telecommunications providers from purchasing, renting, leasing, obtaining, or maintaining critical telecommunications infrastructure that includes equipment manufactured by a foreign principal of a foreign adversary or prohibited by the federal government on a list published by the Federal Communications Commission under federal law. The bill also requires telecommunications providers to remove from critical telecommunications infrastructure any existing equipment manufactured by a foreign principal or prohibited by the FCC. In addition, telecommunications providers must annually certify to the Public Service Commission whether they are in compliance with the bill’s requirements. Telecommunications providers who maintain critical telecommunications infrastructure that contains equipment prohibited by the bill must provide to PSC the geographic coordinates of the equipment, the telecommunications service coverage area serviced by the equipment, and a plan for replacing the equipment. PSC must use the reported information to produce a map of this state showing the locations of the prohibited equipment and the telecommunications service coverage areas serviced by the prohibited equipment and must make the map available to the public. PSC must also prepare a report containing the map and submit the report to the governor, speaker of the assembly, president of the senate, and appropriate standing committees of the legislature.
Under the bill, “foreign adversary” means a person determined by the U.S. Department of Commerce to be a foreign adversary of the United States. Those countries currently include China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, and Venezuela under the regime of Nicolás Maduro. The bill defines “foreign principal” to mean any of the following:
1. The government or an official of the government of a foreign adversary.
2. An individual who is a citizen of a foreign adversary, is not a lawful permanent resident of the United States, and does not hold a valid, unexpired visa issued by the U.S. Department of State that authorizes the individual to be legally present in this state.
3. A business entity that is organized under the laws of a foreign adversary and that does not have its principal place of business in the United States.
4. An investment fund that is owned or controlled by a foreign adversary or agent of a foreign adversary.
5. An entity that has 50 percent or more of its stock, securities, or other indicia of ownership owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a person or combination of persons described in items 1 to 4.
6. An agent of a person described in items 1 to 5.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
AB683,1
1
Section
1
.
196.95 of the statutes is created to read:
AB683,2,3
2
196.95
Critical telecommunications infrastructure requirements.
(1)
3
Definitions.
In this section:
AB683,2,8
4
(a) “Critical telecommunications infrastructure” means physical
5
telecommunications infrastructure and equipment that supports the transmission
6
of information, regardless of the transmission medium or technology employed, and
7
that connects to a telecommunications network that permits the user to engage in
8
the use of telecommunications service.
AB683,3,2
1
(b) “Entity” means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership,
2
association, or other organization or enterprise.
AB683,3,4
3
(c) “Foreign adversary” means a person determined to be a foreign adversary
4
under
15 CFR 791.4
.
AB683,3,5
5
(d) “Foreign principal” means any of the following:
AB683,3,6
6
1. The government or an official of the government of a foreign adversary.
AB683,3,10
7
2. An individual who is a citizen of a foreign adversary, is not a lawful
8
permanent resident of the United States, and does not hold a valid, unexpired visa
9
issued by the federal department of state that authorizes the individual to be
10
legally present in this state.
AB683,3,12
11
3. A business entity that is organized under the laws of a foreign adversary
12
that does not have its principal place of business in the United States.
AB683,3,14
13
4. An investment fund that is owned or controlled by a foreign adversary or
14
agent of a foreign adversary.
AB683,3,17
15
5. An entity that has 50 percent or more of its stock, securities, or other
16
indicia of ownership owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by a person or
17
combination of persons described in subds. 1. to 4.
AB683,3,18
18
6. An agent of a person described in subds. 1. to 5.
AB683,3,20
19
(e) “Telecommunications service” has the meaning given in s. 182.017 (1g)
20
(cq).
AB683,4,3
21
(2)
Equipment manufactured by foreign principal prohibited.
Except as
22
provided in sub. (3), beginning on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB
23
inserts date], no provider of telecommunications service may purchase, rent, lease,
24
obtain, or maintain critical telecommunications infrastructure that includes
1
equipment manufactured by a foreign principal or equipment that is prohibited by
2
the federal government on the list published by the federal communications
3
commission under
47 USC 160
1.
AB683,4,11
4
(3)
Removal of existing equipment.
A provider of telecommunications
5
service who, on the effective date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date],
6
maintains critical telecommunications infrastructure that includes equipment
7
manufactured by a foreign principal or equipment that is prohibited by the federal
8
government on the list published by the federal communications commission under
9
47 USC 1601
shall remove that equipment from the critical telecommunications
10
infrastructure in accordance with the federal program established under
47 USC
11
1601
et seq.
AB683,4,15
12
(4)
Certification; reporting prohibited equipment.
(a) Annually, no
13
later than January 15, each provider of telecommunications service shall certify to
14
the commission whether the provider is in compliance with the requirements in
15
subs. (2) and (3).
AB683,4,20
16
(b) Except as provided in sub. (3), a provider of telecommunications service
17
who maintains critical telecommunications infrastructure that includes equipment
18
manufactured by a foreign principal or equipment that is prohibited by the federal
19
government on the list published by the federal communications commission under
20
47 USC 1601
shall provide to the public service commission all of the following:
AB683,4,21
21
1. The geographic coordinates of the equipment
AB683,4,22
22
2. The telecommunications service coverage area serviced by the equipment.
AB683,4,24
23
3. A plan for replacing the equipment in accordance with the federal program
24
established under
47 USC 1601
et seq.
AB683,5,4
1
(c) 1. The commission shall use the information provided under par. (b) to
2
produce a map of this state showing the locations of the equipment described in par.
3
(b) and the telecommunications service coverage areas described in par. (b) and
4
shall make the map available to the public.
AB683,5,8
5
2. Annually, no later than February 15, the commission shall prepare a
6
written report containing the map described in subd. 1. and submit the report to
7
the governor and to the speaker of the assembly, the president of the senate, and the
8
appropriate standing committees of the legislature under s. 13.172 (3).
AB683,5,9
9
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