Assembly Bill 824
Displaying a human trafficking resource center hotline poster. (FE)
Topics: Crime and criminals, Justice, Department of, Telephone
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
Jan 6, 2026
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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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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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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.
Under current law, the Department of Justice must provide on its website a poster that provides information regarding a human trafficking resource center hotline and must allow entities to download the poster free of charge. Current law also requires DOJ to encourage that the poster be displayed at all of the following places: certain gas stations; hotels; adult entertainment establishments; salons; places at which employers engage employees to perform agricultural labor; hospitals or other medical centers; places at which athletic or sporting events occur; establishments that operate as a massage parlor or spa, alternative health clinic, or similar entity; various expositions; courthouses; Department of Transportation rest areas; and public and private transit stations.
This bill adds the following to the list of places that must be encouraged to display the poster: lodging establishments, premises that serve alcoholic beverages, tattoo establishments, job recruitment centers, community-based residential facilities, and public and private elementary and secondary schools.
Who's behind it
10 representatives are its . 7 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (10)
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben Franklin · Republican, Assembly
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Palmeri and Murphy
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Jobs and Economy vote to recommend it
Passed, 10 to 0 · Feb 4, 2026
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 Jobs and Economy, Ayes 10, 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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Mar 20, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 4, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 4, 2026
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 0.
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Jan 21, 2026 to Jan 29, 2026
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jan 21, 2026
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 7, 2026 to Jan 16, 2026
4 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jan 6, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs and Economy.
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Jan 6, 2026
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 6, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Stubbs, Gundrum, Ortiz-Velez, O'Connor, Subeck, Sinicki, Behnke, Sheehan, Goodwin and McCarville; cosponsored by Senators Wirch, Larson, Habush Sinykin and Spreitzer
- Jan 6, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Jobs and Economy
- Jan 7, 2026 · Assembly
- Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Udell added as a coauthor
- Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Clancy added as a coauthor
- Jan 21, 2026 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 21, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Franklin added as a coauthor
- Jan 29, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Joers added as a coauthor
- Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Jobs and Economy, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 20, 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