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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 136

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Relating to: classification of the crime of impersonating law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and certain other emergency personnel and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals Fire department Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Medical service — Occupations Police

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person may not impersonate a peace officer, a fire fighter, an emergency services medical practitioner, or an emergency medical provider with the intent to mislead others into believing that the person is actually an officer, a fire fighter, or emergency personnel. Current law classifies the crime as a Class A misdemeanor. This bill changes the classification to a Class I felony.

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.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Behnke (R) , Donovan (R) , Gundrum (R) , Kreibich (R) , Maxey (R) , Murphy (R) , Wichgers (R)

13 cosponsors

Billings (D) , Bradley (R) , Brown (D) , Carpenter (D) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Jacque (R) , James (R) , Nass (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Ratcliff and Smith , Spaude (D) , Stubbs and Subeck

Registered lobbying interests · 4

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Oct 8, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Nov 11, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Nov 14, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Mar 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Wichgers, Behnke, Donovan, Gundrum, Kreibich, Maxey and Murphy; cosponsored by Senators James, Bradley and Nass

  2. Mar 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Sep 25, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Sep 25, 2025 · Assembly

    Senator Jacque added as a cosponsor

  5. Oct 1, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Oct 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  7. Oct 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 by Committee on Rules

  9. Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

  10. Oct 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Spaude added as a coauthor

  11. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Representatives Stubbs and Subeck added as coauthors

  12. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  15. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  16. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Oct 15, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  18. Oct 15, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  19. Oct 20, 2025 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor

  20. Nov 11, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  21. Nov 11, 2025 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  22. Nov 11, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  23. Nov 14, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  24. Nov 14, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  25. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senators Ratcliff and Smith added as cosponsors

  26. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  27. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  29. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  30. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  32. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 11-19-2025

  33. Dec 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025

  34. Dec 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 55

  35. Dec 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Published 12-10-2025

  36. Jan 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Doyle added as a coauthor

  37. Mar 6, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Brown added as a coauthor

  38. Mar 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Billings added as a coauthor

  39. Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Emerson added as a coauthor