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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 65

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Relating to: entering certain places with intent to commit battery and providing a penalty.

Building Crime and criminals — Battery Crime and criminals — Felony Housing

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, it is a Class F felony to intentionally enter a dwelling or certain other places without consent, that is, to commit a burglary, with intent to steal or commit a felony therein. Under current law, such a burglary is a Class E felony if certain additional circumstances apply. The penalty for a Class F felony is a fine not to exceed $25,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 12 years and six months, or both, and the penalty for a Class E felony is a fine not to exceed $50,000 or imprisonment not to exceed 15 years, or both.

Under this bill, it is also a Class F felony, or a Class E felony if certain additional circumstances apply, to intentionally enter a dwelling or certain other places without consent with intent to commit any battery.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Gundrum (R) , Kreibich (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Wichgers (R)

6 cosponsors

Franklin (R) , Jacque (R) , Nass (R) , O'Connor (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 5

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 Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 1

Passed 13–1 May 6, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3

Passed 5–3 Sep 17, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Oct 13, 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. Feb 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives B. Jacobson, Allen, Dittrich, Donovan, Kreibich, Murphy, Mursau, Gundrum and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Nass, Tomczyk and Wanggaard

  2. Feb 24, 2025 · Assembly

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

  3. Apr 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Franklin added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. May 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 1

  7. May 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-24-2025

  9. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  10. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  11. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  12. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  13. Jun 24, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  14. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor

  15. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Jun 27, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  17. Sep 17, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  18. Sep 17, 2025 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  19. Sep 17, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  20. Oct 13, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  21. Oct 13, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  22. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  23. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  25. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  26. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  28. Oct 15, 2025 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  29. Oct 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 10-15-2025

  30. Oct 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 10-29-2025

  31. Oct 31, 2025 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 10-31-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 44

  32. Oct 31, 2025 · Assembly

    Published 11-1-2025