Senate Bill 395
Requirement for certain telecommunications providers to provide basic voice service
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 20, 2026. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Aug 25, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Oct 14, 2025
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Jan 13, 2026
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2025 Wisconsin Act 109
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 20, 2026: “Published 3-21-2026”
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 399. That version died when the session ended.
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
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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 does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill eliminates a provision enacted in 2011 Wisconsin Act 22 that has since been made ineffective. The provision required incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs), to make basic voice service, defined as two-way voice communication service within a local calling area, available to all residential customers within the ILEC’s local exchange area. An ILEC is a telecommunications provider that resulted from the breakup of the Bell System pursuant to a federal antitrust action. The provision also required PSC to grant a waiver from this requirement when requested if in the public interest or if effective competition existed in the local exchange area. Current law sunsets these requirements after April 30, 2013.
Who's behind it
Steve Nass, a Republican, is its .
7 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (7)
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Utilities vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Oct 2, 2025
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 Utilities, Technology and Tourism, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 20, 2026
The new law was published.
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Mar 20, 2026
The governor signed it. It became 2025 Wisconsin Act 109.
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Mar 18, 2026
Sent to the governor.
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Jan 13, 2026
The Assembly passed it too.
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Jan 7, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Oct 14, 2025
The Assembly received it.
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Oct 14, 2025
The Senate passed it.
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Oct 14, 2025
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Oct 2, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Sep 25, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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Aug 25, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism.
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Aug 25, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Aug 25, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Penterman, O'Connor, Gundrum, Dittrich, Knodl and Goodwin
- Aug 25, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism
- Sep 25, 2025 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Oct 2, 2025 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Oct 2, 2025 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Oct 2, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Oct 13, 2025 · Senate
Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Oct 14, 2025 · Senate
Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor
- Oct 14, 2025 · Senate
Read a second time
- Oct 14, 2025 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Oct 14, 2025 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Oct 14, 2025 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Oct 14, 2025 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Jan 7, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 14, 2026 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Jan 15, 2026 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Mar 18, 2026 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2026
- Mar 20, 2026 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 109
- Mar 20, 2026 · Senate
Published 3-21-2026
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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