Assembly Bill 834
Courtroom supports for and sealing the identifying information of child victims and child witnesses of human trafficking crimes. (FE)
Topics: Children: Protection and services, Court, Crime and criminals, Crime victim, Privacy, Witness
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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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 864. That version died when the session ended.
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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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law provides certain additional rights and protections to victims and witnesses during their involvement with the criminal justice or juvenile justice system.
This bill provides that child victims or child witnesses of human trafficking crimes must be provided any courtroom supports that the court finds necessary to support the health, safety, or liberty of the child and determines are in the interest of justice.
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The bill also provides that in any criminal proceeding for a human trafficking violation or civil action for injury due to human trafficking, a child victim’s or child witness’s identifying information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the public unless the court orders the disclosure to be made after a hearing in which the court takes into consideration the health, safety, and liberty of the child and determines that the disclosure is in the interest of justice.
Who's behind it
16 representatives are its . 9 are Democrats and 7 are Republicans.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (16)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen DeSanto · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (9)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Udell and Clancy
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Judiciary vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 1 · Feb 18, 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 Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 1”. 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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Feb 20, 2026 to Mar 20, 2026
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 18, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 18, 2026
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 1.
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Jan 27, 2026 to Feb 17, 2026
3 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 Judiciary.
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Jan 6, 2026
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 6, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives O'Connor, Billings, Mursau, Kreibich, Gundrum, Dittrich, Sinicki, DeSanto, Ortiz-Velez, Emerson, Behnke, Miresse, Armstrong, Goodwin, McCarville and Subeck; cosponsored by Senator James
- Jan 6, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary
- Jan 7, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Murphy added as a coauthor
- Jan 9, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
- Jan 16, 2026 · Assembly
- Jan 21, 2026 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 27, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Anderson added as a coauthor
- Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Madison added as a coauthor
- Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Joers added as a coauthor
- Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 7, Noes 1
- Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 20, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Sheehan added as a coauthor
- 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