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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 148

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Relating to: interpreter action by telephone or live audiovisual means in civil or criminal proceedings.

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  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, in any civil or criminal proceeding other than a trial, a court may permit an interpreter to act by telephone or live audiovisual means. This bill removes the exclusion for trials, so that an interpreter may act by telephone or live audiovisual means in any civil or criminal proceeding.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Brill (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Duchow (R) , Gundrum (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Maxey (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Neylon (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Penterman (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Sortwell (R) , Steffen (R) , Wichgers (R)

3 cosponsors

Cabral-Guevara (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 7

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 Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 1

Passed 6–1 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.

Assembly: Report passage as amended 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.

Full history

  1. Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Allen, Armstrong, Brill, Dittrich, Donovan, Gundrum, Kitchens, Knodl, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Rodriguez, Sortwell, Steffen and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Cabral-Guevara and Tomczyk

  2. Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Jun 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Duchow

  4. Sep 25, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 1, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Oct 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 6, Noes 1

  7. Oct 8, 2025 · Assembly

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

  8. Oct 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1