Wisconsin bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Wisconsin AB 561
Relating to: owner liability for illegally passing a school bus and providing a penalty.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Behnke (Republican)
- Melotik (Republican)
- Kreibich (Republican)
- Murphy (Republican)
- Dittrich (Republican)
- Knodl (Republican)
- Goodwin (Democratic)
- Goeben (Republican)
- Palmeri (Democratic)
- Sinicki (Democratic)
- Gundrum (Republican)
- Penterman (Republican)
- Maxey (Republican)
- Kaufert (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Mar 23, 2026): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text versions
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:04 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 2026 Senate | Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 | pass | Set your home in Wisconsin to see |
| Feb 3, 2026 House | Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 6, Noes 0 | pass | Set your home in Wisconsin to see |
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 - Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling - Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0 - Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
Executive action taken - Feb 20, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Transportation and Local Government - Feb 19, 2026 · Senate
Received from Assembly - Feb 18, 2026 · House
Ordered immediately messaged - Feb 18, 2026 · House
Read a third time and passed - Feb 18, 2026 · House
Rules suspended - Feb 18, 2026 · House
Ordered to a third reading - Feb 18, 2026 · House
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted - Feb 18, 2026 · House
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kaufert - Feb 18, 2026 · House
Read a second time - Feb 17, 2026 · House
Made a special order of business at 1:20 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13 - Feb 16, 2026 · House
Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Miresse added as coauthors - Feb 13, 2026 · House
Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026 - Feb 3, 2026 · House
Referred to committee on Rules - Feb 3, 2026 · House
Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 6, Noes 0 - Feb 3, 2026 · House
Executive action taken - Dec 3, 2025 · House
Public hearing held - Oct 15, 2025 · House
Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation - Oct 15, 2025 · House
Introduced by Representatives Kaufert, Maxey, Penterman, Gundrum, Sinicki, Palmeri, Goeben, Goodwin, Knodl, Dittrich, Murphy, Kreibich, Melotik and Behnke; cosponsored by Senator Hutton