Data processing
197 bills and resolutions. 42 became law, 3 were vetoed, and 74 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.
This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.
Latest activity
The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.
- AB 415 Use restrictions on state and local government electronic devices.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
- AB 673 Banning the use of genetic software from foreign adversaries in medical and research facilities, the storage of any human genome sequencing data within the borders of a foreign adversary, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
- SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
- SB 176 An income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
- AB 601 Excluding certain event or sports wagers from the definition of “bet”.
Became law. Last action Apr 9, 2026
Every bill on this subject
2025–26 session: 103
- Oct 31, 2025
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Oct 31, 2025
- Jul 8, 2025
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 142: Algorithmic software for residential housing, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 24, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 208: An income and franchise tax exemption for broadband expansion grants and for federal high-cost program funding for broadband expansion. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 228: Tax incremental financing districts containing qualified data centers. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Aug 11, 2025
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 245: Modifying the sales and use tax exemption for qualified data centers. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
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- Mar 23, 2026 AB 278: Grants to law enforcement agencies for data-sharing platforms.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 364: A virtual reality technology pilot program for school districts. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 377: Establishing English as the official state language, use of artificial intelligence or other machine-assisted translation tools in lieu of appointing English language interpreters, and use of English for governmental oral and written communication and for nongovernmental purposes. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 384: Virtual currency kiosks.
Stopped in committee.
- May 13, 2026 AB 415: Use restrictions on state and local government electronic devices.
Vetoed by the governor.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 471: The regulation of digital assets.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 487: Meeting in closed session to consider information technology security issues.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 491: Video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Apr 9, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 626: Electronic copies of operators’ licenses and identification cards. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 652: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- May 13, 2026
- Apr 6, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 735: Online clearinghouse of information for small businesses in Wisconsin. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 840: Certain requirements related to data centers.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 892: Digital asset staking and the state’s securities laws.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 909: An enterprise-wide data and efficiency study. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 912: An audiovisual recording of a child’s statement admitted as evidence.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 948: Policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during the school day in public schools.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 959: The legal status of artificial intelligence.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 962: App stores and app developers and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 963: Social media accounts for minors and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Apr 9, 2026 AB 968: Virtual currency kiosks.
Became law.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1054: Public affairs network request for proposals.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1066: Prioritizing certain farm projects under the broadband expansion grant program.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 30, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 AB 1099: Moratorium on data centers.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 24, 2026 AB 1108: Broadband line extension grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 30, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 29: Requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- May 13, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 142: Algorithmic software for residential housing, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
- May 13, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 236: Tampering with telecommunication or electric wires and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 241: Tax incremental financing districts containing qualified data centers. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 244: Modifying the sales and use tax exemption for qualified data centers. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Dec 10, 2025
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 325: A virtual reality technology pilot program for school districts. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 386: Virtual currency kiosks.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 400: Use restrictions on state and local government electronic devices.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Apr 6, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 535: The regulation of digital assets.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 592: Excluding certain event or sports wagers from the definition of “bet”.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 619: Electronic copies of operators’ licenses and identification cards. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 633: Meeting in closed session to consider information technology security issues.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 677: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Apr 6, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 740: Online clearinghouse of information for small businesses in Wisconsin. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 758: Social media platforms’ treatment of minors and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 843: Certain requirements related to data centers.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Apr 9, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 885: Digital asset staking and the state’s securities laws.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 932: The legal status of artificial intelligence.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 936: Social media accounts for minors and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 937: App stores and app developers and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 941: An enterprise-wide data and efficiency study. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 957: Policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during the school day in public schools.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 969: Prohibiting nondisclosure agreements intended to conceal information about a data center from the public.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 975: Virtual currency kiosks.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 994: Public affairs network request for proposals.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026
- Mar 30, 2026
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 1040: Prioritizing certain farm projects under the broadband expansion grant program.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 1061: Moratorium on data centers.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2026 SB 1062: Broadband line extension grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 30, 2026
2011–12 session: 39
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 18: Collection and analysis of motor vehicle traffic stop information and law enforcement training standards.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Aug 2, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 71: Revocation for immoral conduct of a license issued by the Department of Public Instruction.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 206: Inattentive driving and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 17, 2012 AB 232: Rights of crime victims and witnesses.
Became law.
- Nov 14, 2011
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- Mar 22, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 359: An income and franchise tax credit for providing broadband service.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 378: The form and content of certain communications made for political purposes.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 493: The procedure for the administrative dissolution of corporations.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 541: Portable electronics insurance and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 10, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 AB 671: Legislative consideration of a biennial budget bill.
Stopped in committee.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Jun 24, 2011
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Nov 28, 2011
- Apr 12, 2012
- Apr 10, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 281: The form and content of certain communications made for political purposes.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 5, 2012
- Apr 10, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 414: The typeface used, and rates charged, for publication of legal notices.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 10, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012 SB 485: Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in institutions of higher education.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
- Mar 23, 2012
2009–10 session: 55
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 30: Employer monitoring of employee electronic mail usage.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 64: Employer monitoring of employee electronic mail usage.
Stopped in committee.
- May 26, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 76: Requiring the Department of Transportation to establish rules allowing living will and health care power of attorney information to be included on driver's licenses, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Mar 19, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Dec 15, 2009
- May 13, 2010
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- Oct 9, 2009
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 317: Interim successors for legislators, meetings of the legislature and legislative committees, and temporary seat of government for the legislature.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- May 10, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 385: Access to telephone numbers of state agencies and authorities on the Internet.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 391: Deployment of high-speed Internet services.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 446: Authorizing county treasurers to provide notice of unclaimed funds by using the Internet.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 489: Public access to certain local government law enforcement records.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 492: Inattentive driving and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 494: The methodology for filing campaign finance reports in electronic format.
Passed both chambers, then stopped.
- May 10, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 546: Requiring governmental bodies of certain political subdivisions to post meeting notices and minutes on their Web sites.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 663: Restricting access to and limiting information contained in the Consolidated Court Automation Programs and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 685: Using an electronic signature on a criminal complaint.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- May 11, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 AB 871: An income and franchise tax credit for providing broadband service.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Mar 2, 2009
- Oct 28, 2009
- May 11, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 206: Recording and filing documents with the register of deeds.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- May 20, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 239: The Internet sale of unclaimed personal property by a sheriff.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 261: Deployment of high-speed Internet services.
Stopped in committee.
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 312: The electronic medical records tax credit.
Stopped in committee.
- May 14, 2010
- Apr 26, 2010
- May 20, 2010
- Oct 5, 2010
- Mar 19, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010 SB 469: Authority of the Public Service Commission over certain telecommunications utilities, telecommunications access charges, universal service fund contributions based on interconnected voice over Internet protocol service, tandem switching provider electronic call records, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
- Apr 28, 2010
- May 14, 2010
- May 17, 2010
- May 14, 2010
- Apr 28, 2010
- May 3, 2010
Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject