Assembly Bill 169
Immunity from civil liability for certain equine activities
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 22, 2015
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Signed on in support
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Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, a person who participates in certain equine activities (related to horses, ponies, mules, and other equines) is immune from civil liability for his or her acts or omissions if another person is injured or killed as a result of an inherent risk of an equine activity. An inherent risk of an equine activity is any condition that is an integral part of an equine activity, including the unpredictability of the animal's behavior, the failure of a rider to control an animal, or a collision with an object or another animal.
Current law does not extend immunity if a person provides equine equipment that he or she knew or should have known was faulty, if a person provides an equine to a person without making a reasonable effort to determine the person's ability to safely manage the equine, if a person acts in a willful or wanton disregard for the safety of a person or intentionally causes the person's injury or death, or if a person fails to post required safety and warning signs.
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Under this bill, equine-assisted learning and equine-assisted psychotherapy are equine activities for the purpose of civil liability immunity.
Who's behind it
14 lawmakers are its . All 14 are Republicans.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (14)
- Mary Czaja · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Gannon · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Weatherston · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Paul F. Farrow · Republican, Senate
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Judiciary vote to recommend it
Passed, 6 to 3 · Nov 13, 2015
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 13, 2015
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Nov 13, 2015
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 3.
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Oct 1, 2015
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 22, 2015
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary.
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Apr 22, 2015
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 22, 2015 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kapenga, Czaja, Edming, Gannon, Horlacher, Jacque, Kerkman, Knodl, Kulp, Petryk, Quinn, Thiesfeldt, Tauchen and Weatherston; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Cowles, Farrow, Moulton, Nass, Petrowski and Vinehout
- Apr 22, 2015 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Oct 1, 2015 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Oct 29, 2015 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Nov 13, 2015 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 3
- Nov 13, 2015 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote