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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 392

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Relating to: creating a Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls and making an appropriation. (FE)

Attorney general Crime and criminals — Homicide or murder Minority groups Women

  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

This bill creates a Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls. The task force must be established by the attorney general and must consist of members who are knowledgeable in crime victims rights or violence protection and who work in a range of relevant positions as specified in the bill. The task force must examine various factors that contribute to violence against African American women and girls and submit to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature by December 15, 2026, a report on actions that can be taken to eliminate violence against African American women and girls. The bill also authorizes and provides funding for 1.0 FTE GPR project position for DOJ to staff the task force.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Armstrong (R) , Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Brooks (R) , Clancy (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Goodwin (D) , Gustafson (R) , Haywood (D) , Hong (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kaufert (R) , Madison (D) , Mayadev (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Phelps (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snyder (R) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D) , Tranel (R) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)

19 cosponsors

Arney (D) , Carpenter (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Drake (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , James (R) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wall (D) , Wirch (D)

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

Full history

  1. Aug 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Stubbs, Snyder, Joers, Vining, Neubauer, Moore Omokunde, Novak, Rivera-Wagner, Goodwin, O'Connor, Tenorio, Bare, Miresse, Sinicki, Taylor, Brooks, Udell, Emerson, Roe, Behnke, Clancy, Hong, Stroud, Fitzgerald, Armstrong, Phelps, Mayadev, Madison, Andraca, Kaufert, DeSmidt, Billings, Haywood, Anderson, Tranel, Sheehan, Subeck, Gustafson and Johnson; cosponsored by Senators James, L. Johnson, Ratcliff, Roys, Hesselbein, Drake, Wirch, Carpenter, Keyeski, Larson, Smith, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Pfaff, Wall and Spreitzer

  2. Aug 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Sep 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Arney added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  5. Jan 21, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Stubbs

  6. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor

  7. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1