Assembly Bill 263
State and local governmental use of certain mobile or online software applications and electronic devices
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
May 8, 2023
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under this bill, no official, employee, or contractor of a state agency or local governmental unit, other than a law enforcement officer for law enforcement purposes, may access or use a mobile or online software application prohibited under the bill, as specified below, using an electronic device that is owned, operated, or leased by a state agency or local governmental unit. Additionally, the bill prohibits any state agency or local governmental unit from owning, operating, or leasing any electronic device prohibited under the bill.
The bill provides that all of the following mobile or online software applications and their successor applications and all mobile or online software applications and all electronic devices manufactured, developed, owned, or provided by the following entities, or a parent, subsidiary, or successor of the entity, are prohibited software applications and devices:
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1. TikTok.
2. ByteDance Limited.
3. Huawei Technologies.
4. ZTE Corporation.
5. Hytera Communications Corporation.
6. Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company.
7. Zhejiang Dahua Technology Company.
8. Tencent QQ.
9. QQ Wallet.
10. WeChat.
11. Tencent Holdings.
12. Alibaba Group.
13. AliPay.
14. Kaspersky Lab.
Who's behind it
15 representatives are its . All 15 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (15)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Ty Bodden · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Chanz Green · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Nik Rettinger · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 8, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection.
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May 8, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- May 8, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Knodl, Rettinger, Allen, Bodden, Brandtjen, Donovan, Duchow, Green, Gundrum, Kitchens, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Bradley, Stroebel and Tomczyk
- May 8, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Consumer Protection
- Apr 15, 2024 · 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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