Wisconsin House Bill 417

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 11-1)
Status: Failed on March 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to repeal 968.38 (5) (a) and 968.38 (5) (b); to renumber 968.38 (1) (a); to amend 146.81 (4), 252.11 (5m), 252.15 (2m) (b) 3., 252.15 (3m) (d) 14., 252.15 (4) (c), 901.05 (3), 968.38 (2m) (intro.), 968.38 (2m) (a), 968.38 (2m) (b), 968.38 (5) (intro.) and 968.38 (5) (c); to create 968.38 (1) (ag), 968.38 (1) (br), 968.38 (1) (bv), 968.38 (2s), 968.38 (5) (am), 968.38 (5) (bm), 968.38 (6) and 973.20 (4r) of the statutes; Relating to: emergency testing of a criminal defendant for certain diseases. (FE)

Emergency testing of a criminal defendant for certain diseases. (FE)

Rep. Paul Melotik [R]	Rep. Elijah Behnke [R]	Rep. Barbara Dittrich [R]	Rep. Dean Kaufert [R]
Rep. Rob Kreibich [R]	Rep. David Murphy [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Mursau [R]	Rep. Jim Piwowarczyk [R]
Rep. Joe Sheehan [D]	Rep. Chuck Wichgers [R]	Sen. Dan Feyen [R]	Sen. Howard Marklein [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	House	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2026-03-19	House	Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
2026-03-19	House	Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
2026-03-16	House	Representative Billings added as a coauthor
2026-03-06	House	Representative Brown added as a coauthor
2026-01-23	House	Representative Doyle added as a coauthor
2026-01-13	House	Laid on the table
2026-01-08	House	Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
2025-11-13	House	Fiscal estimate received
2025-11-11	House	Fiscal estimate received
2025-10-16	House	Referred to committee on Rules
2025-10-16	House	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0
2025-10-16	House	Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0
2025-10-08	House	Executive action taken
2025-10-01	House	Public hearing held
2025-09-29	House	Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Melotik
2025-09-25	House	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Melotik
2025-09-15	House	Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
2025-09-15	House	Introduced

SB419 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-20 - Published 3-21-2026

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab417
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB417.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB417-ASA1.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB417-ASA2.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/assembly/criminal_justice_and_public_safety/1945670.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/lcamendmentmemos/2025/REG/AB417.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/ab417/ab417_cts.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/ab417/ab417_da.pdf