Bills by subject

Fraud

48 bills and resolutions. 13 became law, 1 was vetoed, and 17 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 168 Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (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 782 Intentionally sending false text messages to 911 and providing a penalty.
Became law. Last action Apr 9, 2026
AB 1160 Misclassification of employees and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 2, 2026
AB 651 Various changes to the worker’s compensation law, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Became law. Last action Mar 30, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 23

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.
May 13, 2026
AB 168: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 462: Employee misclassification; construction contractor registration; reporting state tax law violations committed by construction industry employers; and granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 523: Nonfunctional and counterfeit airbags and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 642: Legal action against certain private postsecondary schools.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
AB 651: Various changes to the worker’s compensation law, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 652: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 20, 2026
AB 666: Fraudulent claims for unclaimed property and providing a penalty. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 752: Using an absentee ballot drop box or the U.S. mail or a commercial carrier to commit election fraud and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 791: Intentionally sending false text messages to 911 and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 1056: Firearm transfers and possession, law enforcement and prosecution, victims and witnesses, obstruction of justice, mental health and substance use services, hate crimes reporting portal, fraud, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 2, 2026
AB 1160: Misclassification of employees and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1237: Restoring private individual authority to bring a qui tam claim against a person for making a false claim for medical assistance, actions by the attorney general against a person for making a false claim for medical assistance, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 200: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 13, 2026
SB 537: Nonfunctional and counterfeit airbags and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 629: Legal action against certain private postsecondary schools.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 647: Fraudulent claims for unclaimed property and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 676: Various changes to the worker’s compensation law, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 677: Various changes to the unemployment insurance law. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 738: Using an absentee ballot drop box or the U.S. mail or a commercial carrier to commit election fraud and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
SB 782: Intentionally sending false text messages to 911 and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1086: Restoring private individual authority to bring a qui tam claim against a person for making a false claim for medical assistance, actions by the attorney general against a person for making a false claim for medical assistance, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 9

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 12, 2012
AB 149: False reporting of an emergency and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 393: Voter intimidation or suppression, authorized activities at or near polling places, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 2, 2012
AB 570: Investment activities in Iran, state procurement and construction contracts, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 663: Fraud, waste, and mismanagement in state government and authorizing the expenditure of funds.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 723: False statements affecting elections and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 134: Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 311: Voter intimidation or suppression, authorized activities at or near polling places, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 16, 2012
SB 572: False claims against the state or a local government and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 16

Apr 28, 2010
AB 6: A tort action for intentional misrepresentation in a residential real estate transaction.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 326: Committing fraud on certain service providers and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 373: Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 624: The use of the terms college, university, state, and Wisconsin in the name of a school; the issuing, manufacture, or use of a false academic credential; the false use of a legitimate academic credential; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 627: Admissibility of a digitally produced photograph, film, motion picture, audio, or video and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 668: The purchase of motor vehicles from motor vehicle salvage pools, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 27, 2010
AB 709: Requiring access to toilet facilities in a retail establishment, immunity from civil liability related to use of the toilet facilities, and providing penalties.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 753: Providing information to a firearms dealer when purchasing a handgun, authorizing the Department of Justice to prosecute violations of certain laws regulating firearms, receiving a stolen firearm, and providing penalties.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 889: Causing a caller identification service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller identification information and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.

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