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IntroducedSep 15, 2025
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Passed AssemblyJan 22, 2026
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Passed SenateFeb 18, 2026
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Became Law
Wisconsin Assembly Bill
Relating to: use restrictions on state and local government electronic devices.
Last Action See all actions
Assembly • May 13, 2026: Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on AB 415
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Sponsors
Votes
YES: 53
- ALLEN
- ARMSTRONG
- AUGUST
- BEHNKE
- BORN
- BRILL
- BROOKS
- CALLAHAN
- DALLMAN
- DITTRICH
- DONOVAN
- DUCHOW
- FRANKLIN
- GOEBEN
- GREEN
- GUNDRUM
- GUSTAFSON
- HURD
- JACOBSON, B
- KAUFERT
- KITCHENS
- KNODL
- KREIBICH
- KRUG
- KURTZ
- MAXEY
- MELOTIK
- MOSES
- MURPHY
- MURSAU
- NEDWESKI
- NEYLON
- NOVAK
- O'CONNOR
- PENTERMAN
- PETERSEN
- PIWOWARCZYK
- PRONSCHINSKE
- RODRIGUEZ
- SNYDER
- SORTWELL
- SPIROS
- STEFFEN
- SUMMERFIELD
- SWEARINGEN
- TRANEL
- TUCKER
- TUSLER
- VANDERMEER
- WICHGERS
- WITTKE
- ZIMMERMAN
- SPEAKER
NO: 44
- ANDERSON
- ANDRACA
- ARNEY
- BARE
- BILLINGS
- BROWN
- CLANCY
- CRUZ
- DESANTO
- DESMIDT
- DOYLE
- EMERSON
- FITZGERALD
- GOODWIN
- HAYWOOD
- HONG
- HYSELL
- JACOBSON, J
- JOERS
- JOHNSON
- KIRSCH
- MADISON
- MAYADEV
- MCCARVILLE
- MCGUIRE
- MIRESSE
- MOORE OMOKUNDE
- NEUBAUER
- PALMERI
- PHELPS
- PRADO
- RIVERA-WAGNER
- ROE
- SHEEHAN
- SINICKI
- SNODGRASS
- SPAUDE
- STROUD
- STUBBS
- SUBECK
- TAYLOR
- TENORIO
- UDELL
- VINING
NOT VOTING: 2
Actions
- May 13, 2026 | Assembly
- Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
- May 12, 2026 | Assembly
- Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)
- Mar 20, 2026 | Assembly
- Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-20-2026
- Mar 18, 2026 | Assembly
- Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2026
- Feb 25, 2026 | Assembly
- LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 3)
- Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2026
- Feb 18, 2026 | Assembly
- Received from Senate concurred in
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Smith
- Read a second time
- Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
- Ordered to a third reading
- Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15
- Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 17, 2026 | Senate
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Placed on calendar 2-18-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 04, 2026 | Senate
- Executive action taken
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Available for scheduling
- Jan 26, 2026 | Senate
- Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government
- Jan 22, 2026 | Senate
- Received from Assembly
- Jan 22, 2026 | Assembly
- Read a second time
- Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adopted
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adopted
- Ordered to a third reading
- Rules suspended
- Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 44
- Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 21, 2026 | Assembly
- Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Knodl
- Jan 20, 2026 | Assembly
- Placed on calendar 1-22-2026 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 16, 2026 | Assembly
- Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adoption recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 4, Noes 2
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 4, Noes 2
- Referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 14, 2026 | Assembly
- Executive action taken
- Nov 18, 2025 | Assembly
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Knodl
- Nov 04, 2025 | Assembly
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Knodl
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Knodl
- Oct 22, 2025 | Assembly
- Public hearing held
- Oct 21, 2025 | Assembly
- Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Knodl
- Sep 15, 2025 | Assembly
- Introduced by Representatives Knodl, Gustafson, Dittrich, Duchow, Goeben, Gundrum, Melotik, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Bradley and Nass
- Read first time and referred to Committee on Science, Technology, and AI
Bill Texts
- Text as EnrolledHTML
- Text as EnrolledPDF
- Bill TextHTML
- Bill TextPDF
- Assembly Amendment 1 (offered 10/21/2025) -- KnodlHTML
- Assembly Amendment 1 (offered 10/21/2025) -- KnodlPDF
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 (offered 11/4/2025) -- KnodlHTML
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 (offered 11/4/2025) -- KnodlPDF
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 (offered 11/4/2025) -- KnodlHTML
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 (offered 11/4/2025) -- KnodlPDF
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 (adopted 1/22/2026) -- KnodlHTML
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 (adopted 1/22/2026) -- KnodlPDF
- Assembly Amendment 1 (adopted 1/22/2026) -- KnodlHTML
- Assembly Amendment 1 (adopted 1/22/2026) -- KnodlPDF
- Senate Amendment 1 (rejected 2/18/2026) -- SmithHTML
- Senate Amendment 1 (rejected 2/18/2026) -- SmithPDF
Documents
- Amendment Histories
- Veto Message
- LC Amendment Memo
- AB415 ROCP for Committee on Science, Technology, and AI On 1/16/2026
- AB415 ROCP for Committee on Science, Technology, and AI On 1/16/2026
- AB415 ROCP for Committee on Transportation and Local Government On 2/4/2026
- AB415 ROCP for Committee on Transportation and Local Government On 2/4/2026
- LC Hearing Materials for AB415 on 10/22/2025
- Wisconsin Ethics Commission information
- 2025 Senate Bill 400



