Wisconsin bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Wisconsin AB 701
Relating to: adopting the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- O'Connor (Republican)
- Melotik (Republican)
- Maxey (Republican)
- Kreibich (Republican)
- Knodl (Republican)
- Kitchens (Republican)
- Gundrum (Republican)
- Goeben (Republican)
- Dittrich (Republican)
- Brill (Republican)
- Behnke (Republican)
- Piwowarczyk (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, 12:24 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 2026 House | Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, 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 - Feb 20, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling - Feb 20, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization - Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
Received from Assembly - Feb 17, 2026 · House
Ordered immediately messaged - Feb 17, 2026 · House
Read a third time and passed - Feb 17, 2026 · House
Rules suspended - Feb 17, 2026 · House
Ordered to a third reading - Feb 17, 2026 · House
Read a second time - Feb 13, 2026 · House
Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026 - Feb 2, 2026 · House
Representative Udell added as a coauthor - Jan 21, 2026 · House
Representative Murphy added as a coauthor - Jan 15, 2026 · House
Referred to committee on Rules - Jan 15, 2026 · House
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0 - Jan 14, 2026 · House
Executive action taken - Jan 14, 2026 · House
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor - Jan 7, 2026 · House
Public hearing held - Dec 1, 2025 · House
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary - Dec 1, 2025 · House
Introduced by Representatives Piwowarczyk, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Melotik and O'Connor; cosponsored by Senator Wimberger