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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 964

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Relating to: Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime victim is a child. (FE)

Crime and criminals Crime victim Data processing — Criminal acts and law enforcement Justice department of Juvenile court Sex crimes Shared revenue Subpoena Youth

  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, the attorney general may subpoena a provider of an electronic communication service or a remote computing service to compel the production of certain information if the information likely to be obtained is relevant to an ongoing investigation of a human trafficking crime or an Internet crime against a child and the attorney general has reasonable cause to believe either that an Internet or electronic service account provided by an electronic communication service or a remote computing service has been used in the crime. Additionally, the attorney general may subpoena a hotel to compel the production of certain information if the information likely to be obtained is relevant to an ongoing investigation of a human trafficking crime or an Internet crime against a child and the attorney general or his or her designee has reasonable cause to believe that a room provided by a hotel has been used in the crime.

This bill provides that the crime of sexual extortion is an Internet crime against a child for the purposes of Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas, if the crime victim was under the age of 18 at the time of the offense.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Armstrong (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Brill (R) , DeSmidt (D) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Fitzgerald (D) , Goeben (R) , Goodwin (D) , Green (R) , Joers (D) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Maxey (R) , Mayadev (D) , Melotik (R) , Miresse (D) , Murphy (R) , Nedweski (R) , Neubauer (D) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Sinicki (D) , Sortwell (R) , Stubbs (D) , Udell (D)

11 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Duchow and Steffen , Jacque (R) , James (R) , Kaufert (R) , Ratcliff, Smith and Carpenter , Roys (D) , Subeck (D) , Tomczyk (R) , Vining (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 3

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 0

Passed 13–0 Feb 12, 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 29, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Dittrich, Joers, Brill, Mayadev, Billings, Andraca, Armstrong, Behnke, DeSmidt, Donovan, Fitzgerald, Goeben, Goodwin, Green, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Miresse, Murphy, Nedweski, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki, Sortwell, Udell, Stubbs, Melotik and Neubauer; cosponsored by Senators James, Wanggaard, Tomczyk and Jacque

  2. Jan 29, 2026 · Assembly

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

  3. Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly

    Senator Roys added as a cosponsor

  4. Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Kaufert added as a coauthor

  5. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Representatives Duchow and Steffen added as coauthors

  7. Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Allen added as a coauthor

  8. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 0

  10. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  12. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:56 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  13. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  16. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Feb 23, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Feb 26, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  20. Feb 27, 2026 · Senate

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

  21. Mar 3, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  22. Mar 3, 2026 · Senate

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

  23. Mar 3, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Mar 13, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  25. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

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

  26. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

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

  27. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senators Ratcliff, Smith and Carpenter added as cosponsors

  28. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  29. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  30. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  31. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  32. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  33. Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  34. Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-20-2026

  35. Apr 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  36. Apr 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 218

  37. Apr 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Published 4-9-2026