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IntroducedNov 19, 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: banning the use of genetic software from foreign adversaries in medical and research facilities, the storage of any human genome sequencing data within the borders of a foreign adversary, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Last Action See all actions
Assembly • May 13, 2026: Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82
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Summary
Comments on AB 673
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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
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 27, 2026 | Assembly
- Report vetoed by the Governor on 3-27-2026
- Mar 26, 2026 | Assembly
- Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2026
- Feb 20, 2026 | Assembly
- Report correctly enrolled on 2-20-2026
- Feb 18, 2026 | Assembly
- Received from Senate concurred in
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Read a second time
- Ordered to a third reading
- Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 20, Noes 13
- 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 Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Available for scheduling
- Jan 26, 2026 | Senate
- Read first time and referred to committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
- Jan 22, 2026 | Senate
- Received from Assembly
- Jan 22, 2026 | Assembly
- Read a second time
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative McGuire
- Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken
- Decision of the Chair appealed
- Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 53, Noes 44
- Assembly Amendment 1 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 offered by Representative Moses
- Jan 20, 2026 | Assembly
- Placed on calendar 1-22-2026 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 16, 2026 | Assembly
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 10, Noes 5
- Referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 14, 2026 | Assembly
- Executive action taken
- Jan 06, 2026 | Assembly
- Public hearing held
- Dec 16, 2025 | Assembly
- Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 02, 2025 | Assembly
- Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 19, 2025 | Assembly
- Introduced by Representatives Moses, Dallman, Callahan, Kreibich, Kurtz, Piwowarczyk, Mursau, Neylon, Dittrich, Knodl, Green, Behnke and Brill; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Tomczyk, Jacque and Nass
- Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
Bill Texts
- Text as EnrolledHTML
- Text as EnrolledPDF
- Bill TextHTML
- Bill TextPDF
- Assembly Amendment 1 (adopted 1/22/2026) -- MosesHTML
- Assembly Amendment 1 (adopted 1/22/2026) -- MosesPDF
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 (offered 1/22/2026) -- McGuireHTML
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 (offered 1/22/2026) -- McGuirePDF
Documents
- Amendment Histories
- Veto Message
- LC Amendment Memo
- AB673: Fiscal Estimate From UWS
- AB673: Fiscal Estimate From WHEFA
- AB673 ROCP for Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety On 1/16/2026
- AB673 ROCP for Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety On 1/16/2026
- AB673 ROCP for Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs On 2/4/2026
- AB673 ROCP for Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs On 2/4/2026
- LC Hearing Materials for AB673 on 1/6/2026
- Wisconsin Ethics Commission information
- 2025 Senate Bill 649



