The proposed bill, Assembly Bill 105, aims to protect minors from harmful material on the Internet by requiring business entities to implement reasonable age verification methods before allowing access to such content. It defines 'material harmful to minors' and 'obscene material' while outlining the responsibilities of businesses that publish or distribute such content. The bill also prohibits the retention of identifying information after age verification and mandates that businesses block access from known VPNs. Violations can lead to civil liability, and certain exemptions are provided for news organizations. Overall, the legislation seeks to enhance online safety for minors.

AB105

Internet Age Verification and Harmful Material Regulation Act

The proposed bill, Assembly Bill 104, aims to restrict health care providers from performing gender transition medical interventions on minors. It specifically prohibits surgeries that sterilize individuals, mastectomies, and the administration of puberty-blocking drugs or hormones intended to change a minor's biological sex. Exceptions are made for minors with medically verifiable genetic disorders of sex development or those facing imminent danger due to physical disorders. The bill mandates investigations by relevant medical boards for any violations, leading to potential revocation of licenses for non-compliance. The legislation reflects ongoing debates surrounding the medical treatment of transgender minors.

AB104

Prohibition of Gender Transition Medical Interventions for Minors

The 2025 Assembly Bill 66 introduces significant changes to the prosecution of certain serious crimes in Wisconsin. Under this bill, prosecutors are required to obtain court approval before dismissing or amending charges for specific offenses, such as domestic abuse, theft of automobiles, and sexual assault. The court can only approve such actions if they align with public interest in deterring these crimes. Additionally, the bill prohibits deferred prosecution agreements for individuals charged with these serious offenses. This legislation aims to ensure a more rigorous prosecution of crimes that pose a threat to public safety and welfare.

AB66

Prosecutorial Oversight for Domestic Violence and Serious Crimes

The proposed bill amends existing statutes to require that individuals convicted of human trafficking must pay restitution immediately upon sentencing or probation. If they fail to do so, the court is obligated to issue an execution against their property. Additionally, the bill stipulates that individuals disqualified from voting due to felony convictions can only have their voting rights restored after completing their sentence and paying all associated fines, costs, and restitution. This legislation aims to enhance accountability for offenders while ensuring that victims receive timely compensation.

AB87

Restoration of Voting Rights and Immediate Restitution for Human Trafficking Convictions

The proposed bill requires the state superintendent of public instruction to integrate cursive writing into the model academic standards for English language arts. It mandates that all school boards, independent charter schools, and private schools participating in a parental choice program include cursive writing in their elementary curricula. By the end of fifth grade, students must be able to write legibly in cursive. The bill outlines specific sections of the statutes that will be amended to reflect these requirements and sets a deadline for implementation by July 1, 2026.

Cursive Writing Curriculum Requirement

The Wisconsin Educational Assessment and Accountability Reform Act mandates the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to utilize consistent cut scores and performance categories for school and district accountability reports, starting from the school year the bill becomes law. It requires alignment of the Wisconsin Forward Exam scores in English Language Arts and Mathematics with the National Assessment of Educational Progress standards. Additionally, the bill stipulates that the same cut scores and performance categories used in the 2021-22 school year for the PreACT and ACT assessments must be maintained. This reform aims to enhance the reliability and comparability of educational performance metrics across the state.

Wisconsin Educational Assessment and Accountability Reform Act

The proposed bill requires all school boards in Wisconsin to adopt a policy by July 1, 2026, that generally prohibits students from using wireless communication devices during instructional time. The definition of 'wireless communication device' includes cellular phones, tablets, laptops, and gaming devices. The policy must outline exceptions for emergencies, health management, individualized education programs, and teacher-authorized educational use. Additionally, school boards may include other exceptions deemed beneficial for student education or well-being. Violations of the policy may result in consequences such as confiscation of the device for the remainder of the school day.

Wireless Communication Device Policy in Schools

The session schedule for the 2025-2026 biennial session period.

SJR1

2025-2026 Session Schedule

Senate Bill 374 requires the Department of Revenue (DOR) to conduct a study on the effects of instituting income tax reciprocity between Wisconsin and Minnesota, in conjunction with the Minnesota Department of Revenue, according to procedures specified in the bill. SB 374 establishes requirements applicable to any income tax reciprocity agreement between Wisconsin and Minnesota, including that it be approved by both the Governor and the Joint Committee on Finance.


SB374

Wisconsin Minnesota Income Tax Reciprocity 

AB1089 adjusts the interest rates applied to certain taxes and fees which are managed by the Department of Revenue. In current law late payments may incur a 12% annual interest rate.  A refund for an overpayment to the DOR receives a 3% interest rate. This bill provides provisions for the interest rate on late payments to decrease to 6% and for overpayment refunds to Increase to 6%.

AB1089

DOR Refunds and Late Payments

This bill appropriates $4,000,000 to the Department of Justice so that the DOJ may award grants to school boards or governing bodies of private schools to acquire proactive metallic and nonmetallic threat detection equipment and software. The bill provides that if a 2023 bill creating the grant program is not enacted into law, the appropriation of the money for the grant program by this bill is void.

AB968

Metal Detectors in Schools

This bill requires the Legislative Audit Bureau to conduct a performance audit of election processes following a general election. The bill also requires the Elections Commission to assist the counties and municipalities with the audit. Under the bill, immediately following the state certification of the election results, the commission randomly selects four counties and one city and one village from each of those counties, except that one of the counties must be one of the ten most populous counties in the state. LAB then conducts its audit in the municipalities selected by the commission.

SB736

This bill creates a sales and use tax exemption for precious metal bullion. The bill defines “precious metal bullion” as coins, bars, rounds, or sheets that contain at least 35 percent gold, silver, copper, platinum, or palladium.


AB29

Precious Metal Tax Exemption

Proposes a constitutional amendment to Prohibit the governor from using the partial veto to create or increase any tax or fee.

AJR112

No Partial Veto to Raise Taxes

This bill adds keeping a place of prostitution to the list of sex offenses for which a person must register as a sex offender.

AB970

Adds Keeping a Place of Prostitution, Registered Sex Offender List

2023 Senate Bill 573 increases the minimum reimbursement amount for annual recertification training from $160 to $320. The bill also requires LESB to provide payment directly to each employing law enforcement agency for the expenses, rather than the political subdivision.

SB573

Law Enforcement Training

This bill creates multiple changes to state-ran apprenticeship programs.  Currently the Department of Workforce Development determines the skilled wage rate for apprenticeships. This responsibility will be given to sponsors.  

AB779

Giving Power Back to Businesses on Apprenticeship Wages

This proposed constitutional amendment, proposed to the 2023 legislature on first consideration, prohibits governmental entities in the state from discriminating against, or granting preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, public education, public contracting, or public administration.

AJR109

Stop Discrimination in Public Hiring

Under current law, married persons filing a joint income tax return may claim an income tax credit equal to 3 percent of the earned income for a taxable year of the spouse with the lower earned income, up to a maximum credit of $480. This bill increases the maximum credit amount to $870

AB1022

Married Couples Tax Credit

This bill increases the amount of the state credit that an individual may claim by increasing the employment-related expense limitation to $10,000 for one qualifying dependent and $20,000 for two or more qualifying dependents.

AB1023

Employment Expense Tax Credit

Under current law, the farmland preservation tax credit may be claimed for land engaged in agricultural use, if the land is subject to a farmland preservation agreement or located in a farmland preservation zoning district, or both. The credit must be claimed on a form prepared by the Department of Revenue (DOR), on which, among other items, a claimant must certify the number of qualifying acres for which the credit is claimed.

For tax years beginning after December 31, 2022, 2023 Assembly Bill 480 specifies that no credit may be claimed for any qualifying acreage on which a photovoltaic solar energy system is located, unless the solar energy system qualifies as an accessory use, as defined by law.

AB480

Farmland Preservation Tax Credit

Declaring the week of January 21 to 27, 2024, School Choice Week and recognizing the right of parents to select the best educational path for their children.

AJR105

School Choice Week

AB 415 creates a commission composed of equal members of Democrats and Republicans, that will be used for the creation of fair legislative maps in the state of Wisconsin.

AB415

Fair Maps Act

Prohibiting firearms merchant category codes in payment card transactions, prohibiting government lists of firearm owners, and providing a penalty.


SB466

PROHIBITING FIREARM CODES ON CREDIT CARD AND OTHER

This bill prohibits the state from infringing on the fundamental right of parents to direct the upbringing, education, health care, and mental health of their children without demonstrating that the infringement is required by a compelling governmental interest of the highest order as applied to the child, is narrowly tailored, and is not otherwise served by a less restrictive means.  

AB510

Preserving Parents Right

AB438 and AB439 allocate $500.8 million over 27 years to repairs and upgrades of the Milwaukee Brewers Stadium.  

The $500.8 million is made up of $365.8 million state funds and $135 million in local contributions. This bill also requires American Family Field to enact an added ticket fee which is hoped to bring in $20.7 Million to repair and upgrade efforts.


AB438

IMPROVEMENT OF BASEBALL PARK FACILITIES

AB439

PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PARK DISTRICT RENOVATION

Under current law, the Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB), University of Wisconsin System (UWS), and Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS) oversee several grant and loan programs for minority students. Current law also requires the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) and the Marquette University School of Dentistry (MUSD) to each make every effort to ensure that at least five percent of their total enrollments consist of minority students as a condition of certain state assistance.

2023 Assembly Bill 554 modifies these programs so that, rather than apply to minority students, they instead apply to disadvantaged students. The bill does not define the term “disadvantaged” but does provide that in determining whether a student is disadvantaged, the student’s race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, or religion may not be considered either directly or indirectly.

AB554

Helping Disadvantaged Students 

This bill is the executive budget bill under section 16.47 (1) of the statutes. It contains the governor's recommendations for appropriations for the 2023-25 fiscal biennium.

SB70

2023 Wisconsin Act 19

2023 Wisconsin Act 12 modifies the state’s approach to shared revenue for counties and municipalities,
repeals Wisconsin’s personal property tax, and authorizes the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County
to impose sales and use taxes for limited purposes. The act makes various other changes to state law,
including some provisions specific to the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County and other
provisions that apply throughout the state.

AB245

Wisconsin Act 12

	Beginning with pupils graduating in 2028, this bill requires that, to graduate high school, a pupil must earn at least one-half credit of personal financial literacy that includes financial mindset, education and employment, money management, saving and investing, credit and debt, and risk management and insurance.


SB330

2023 Wisconsin Act 330

AB109

2023 Wisconsin Act 60

	Under this bill, the term “sexual contact” is amended to  include when the victim is made to touch the ejaculate, urine, or feces of any person upon instruction from the perpetrator, upon the use or threat of force or violence by the perpetrator, or upon an intentional act of the perpetrator, if the purpose is to sexually degrade or sexually humiliate the victim or sexually arouse or sexually gratify the perpetrator.


AB166

2023 Wisconsin Act 61

	This bill prohibits political subdivisions from expending moneys of the political subdivision for the purpose of making payments to individuals under a guaranteed income program. “Guaranteed income 	program” is defined under the bill to mean a program under which individuals are provided with regular periodic cash payments that are unearned and that may be used for any purpose. Programs under which an individual is required to perform work or attend training are not “guaranteed income programs” under the bill.


AB146

Local Guaranteed Income Program Act

	This bill requires any state agency or authority that operates, coordinates, or oversees a workforce development program or activity, as defined in the bill, to track and report, at least annually, on the performance of that workforce development program or activity, using the primary indicators of performance under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.


AB151

The Wisconsin Workforce Metrics Act

	The bill requires that the state crime laboratories begin processing a sexual assault kit within five business days of receipt and complete processing it within 60 calendar days after beginning. The timeline applies only to the following: 1. Kits of a person who has consented to analysis by reporting the sexual assault if the perpetrator of the sexual assault is unknown and there is a threat to public safety. 2. Kits containing evidence collected from a sexual assault examination performed as part of the investigation of a suspicious death.



AB36

2023 Wisconsin Act 58

Under this bill, no state agency and no local governmental unit may restrict the use or sale of a device based on the energy source that is used to power the device or that is consumed by the device. 

AB141

Protecting Gas Powered Devices

	Under this bill, no state agency and no local governmental unit may restrict the use or sale of motor vehicles based on the energy source used to power the motor vehicle, including use for propulsion or use for powering other functions of the motor vehicle.


AB142

Protecting Gas Powered Vehicles

	This bill reorganizes the carjacking crimes under their own statutory section titled “Carjacking” and changes the statutory references to the carjacking statutes so as to maintain current law. This bill also increases the penalty for carjacking from a Class C felony to a Class B felony 	if the person possesses a weapon and uses or threatens to use force or the weapon. The penalty for a Class C felony is a fine that is not more than $100,000 or imprisonment for not more than 40 years, or both. The penalty for a Class B felony is imprisonment for not more than 60 years.


WI SB76

2023 Wisconsin Act 10

This bill imposes a five-year mandatory minimum term of confinement in prison for a felon who is convicted of illegal possession of a firearm.


AB58

Legal Gun Ownership Act

	This bill makes it a Class I felony to urge, promote, organize, encourage, or instigate others to commit a riot and a Class H felony to intentionally commit an act of violence while participating in a riot.


AB70

Criminal Penalties for Rioting

Beginning in the 2024-25 school year, this bill requires public high schools and private high schools participating in a parental choice program to collect statistics on violations of municipal disorderly conduct ordinances and certain crimes, including homicide, sexual assault, burglary, battery, and arson, that occur on school property or on transportation provided by the school. 

AB53

School Choice Crime Statistic Act

	This bill requires each public school, including a charter school, to report any incident that occurs in a school building or on school grounds to local law enforcement. If 100 or more 	incidents occur during a school semester, and at least 25 of those incidents result in an arrest, the school must, no later than the first day of the next school year, employ or contract for the employment of a law enforcement officer as an armed school resource officer (SRO) to work at the school.


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