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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 160

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: eliminating daylight saving time in Wisconsin.

Daylight saving

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill eliminates daylight saving time. Current law defines standard time and provides that daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March and ends at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November of each year.

Federal law generally preempts states from deviating from standard time or eliminating daylight saving time, but federal law allows a state that lies entirely in one timezone, such as Wisconsin, to observe standard time instead of daylight saving time as long as the observation is throughout the entire state.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Brown (D) , Goeben (R) , Gustafson (R) , J. Jacobson (D) , Kreibich (R) , Maxey (R) , Miresse (D) , Palmeri (D) , Tittl (R) , Zimmerman (R)

3 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Larson (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

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

Full history

  1. Apr 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Gustafson, Maxey, Zimmerman, Brown, Goeben, Miresse, Brill, Tittl, Kreibich, Behnke, J. Jacobson and Palmeri; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara and Larson

  2. Apr 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Apr 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1