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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 121

Recodification of battery statutes and providing a penalty

Topics: Crime and criminals: Battery, Legislature: Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Recodification

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 11, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 121. That version became law.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill is explained in the Notes provided by the Joint Legislative Council in the bill.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report.

Who's behind it

Joint Legislative Council is its ⁠.

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Author (1)

  • Joint Legislative Council

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Judiciary vote to recommend it

Passed, 6 to 0 · May 29, 2025

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 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 29, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. May 29, 2025

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 0.

  4. May 7, 2025

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Mar 11, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Judiciary.

  6. Mar 11, 2025

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Joint Legislative Council

  2. Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. May 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. May 21, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. May 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 0

  6. May 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025

  8. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  9. Mar 23, 2026 · 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.

More in the glossary

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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote