Assembly Bill 477
Age for the issuance of a Missing Child Alert
Topics: Children, Justice, Department of
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Oct 9, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 466. That version became law.
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
The Department of Justice currently administers several alert systems, under which DOJ works with law enforcement agencies, broadcasters, and others to disseminate information regarding certain cases involving endangered children, veterans at risk, missing persons at risk, and missing children at risk. These alerts are commonly known, respectively, as Amber Alerts, Green Alerts, Silver Alerts, or Missing Child Alerts.
Under current law, the Missing Child Alert applies to a missing person under 18 who is not covered by the Amber Alert if the minor is believed to be incapable of returning home without assistance due to a physical or mental condition or disability or if the minor is under 10. Under this bill, the minor must be under 12 instead of under 10 before a Missing Child Alert could be issued for the missing minor without further conditions.
Who's behind it
32 representatives are its . 18 are Democrats and 14 are Republicans.
16 more lawmakers .
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Authors (32)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben Franklin · Republican, Assembly
- Joy Goeben · Republican, Assembly
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Tara Johnson · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Christian Phelps · Democrat, Assembly
- Jim Piwowarczyk · Republican, Assembly
- Jessie Rodriguez · Republican, Assembly
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (16)
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Goodwin and Emerson
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Moore Omokunde and Tenorio
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety vote to recommend it
Passed, 14 to 0 · Dec 17, 2025
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 7, 2026 to Feb 9, 2026
5 more representatives signed on in support.
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Dec 17, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Dec 17, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 0.
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Dec 1, 2025
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Nov 18, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 10, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Oct 9, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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Oct 9, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Stubbs, Spiros, Rodriguez, Anderson, Behnke, Clancy, Dittrich, Fitzgerald, Franklin, Goeben, Haywood, Joers, Johnson, Kaufert, Madison, McCarville, Melotik, Miresse, Murphy, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, O'Connor, Palmeri, Phelps, Piwowarczyk, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Steffen, Stroud and Kitchens; cosponsored by Senators James, L. Johnson, Dassler-Alfheim, Keyeski, Larson, Marklein, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer
- Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Oct 10, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- Nov 18, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Dec 1, 2025 · Assembly
- Dec 3, 2025 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Dec 17, 2025 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- Dec 17, 2025 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 7, 2026 · Assembly
Representative DeSmidt added as a coauthor
- Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 12, 2026 · Assembly
Representatives Moore Omokunde and Tenorio added as coauthors
- Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Vining added as a coauthor
- Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote