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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 161

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.

Energy conservation Motor vehicle Municipality Sales State agencies

  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 this bill, no state agency and no local governmental unit may restrict 1) the use or sale of a motor vehicle on the basis of the energy source used to power the motor vehicle, including use for propulsion or use for powering other functions of the motor vehicle, or 2) the use or sale of any other device on the basis of the energy source that is used to power the device or that is consumed by the device.

Sponsors

Introduced by: B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Callahan (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Krug (R) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Murphy (R) , Novak (R) , Penterman (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Snyder (R) , Spiros (R) , Tranel (R) , Tucker (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

9 cosponsors

Bradley (R) , Duchow (R) , Feyen (R) , Nass (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Quinn (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 12

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 State Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 1

Passed 5–1 Apr 23, 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. Apr 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Tucker, Green, Piwowarczyk, Brill, Krug, Tranel, Maxey, B. Jacobson, Callahan, Kreibich, Penterman, Wichgers, Novak, Behnke, Goeben, Murphy, Knodl, Snyder, Dallman, Dittrich, Spiros, Gundrum, Tusler and Melotik; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Wanggaard, Quinn, Feyen, Nass and Bradley

  2. Apr 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Apr 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Apr 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 1

  7. Apr 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Duchow added as a coauthor

  9. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

  10. Sep 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 9-11-2025

  11. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  12. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1