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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 905

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Relating to: threats to health care providers and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals — Felony Hospitals and health care facilities Legislature — Criminal penalties joint review committee on Legislature — Employment relations joint committee on Medical service — Occupations Physician

  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 H felony to threaten a health care provider or a person who works in a health care facility under specific circumstances.

This bill defines "health care provider" and "health care facility" to include certain workers, such as emergency medical technicians, who may not work at a health care facility. These definitions align with the definition of those terms under current battery provisions. The bill also provides that the felony penalty applies if the threat is in response to an action taken by a health care provider in his or her official capacity, regardless of whether the action occurred at a health care facility.

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: Behnke (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Kurtz (R) , Maxey (R) , Mursau (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Sinicki (D) , Tucker (R) , Wichgers (R)

7 cosponsors

Cabral-Guevara (R) , James (R) , Kaufert (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Smith (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 6

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 Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Feb 4, 2026 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 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Mar 3, 2026 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 Mar 16, 2026 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. Jan 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kurtz, Novak, Behnke, Dittrich, Duchow, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki, Tucker and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Wanggaard, Cabral-Guevara, James and Nass

  2. Jan 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary

  3. Jan 29, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Kaufert added as a coauthor

  5. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  7. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  9. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  10. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  11. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 9:33 PM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 15

  12. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Feb 23, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Feb 27, 2026 · Senate

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

  16. Mar 3, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  17. Mar 3, 2026 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  18. Mar 3, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

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

  20. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  21. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  22. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  24. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  25. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Smith added as a cosponsor

  26. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  28. Mar 24, 2026 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  29. Mar 24, 2026 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-24-2026

  30. Apr 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  31. Apr 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 197

  32. Apr 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Published 4-4-2026