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AB768Introduced in the Assembly

Operation of drones over certain utility facilities and providing a penalty.

Passed

Introduced by Bob Donovan, District 61

What does this bill do?

Plain-English breakdown

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Official description

An Act to renumber 114.045 (1); to renumber and amend 114.045 (3); to create 114.045 (1) (b) and 114.045 (3) (b) of the statutes; Relating to: operation of drones over certain utility facilities and providing a penalty.

Where it stands

Published 4-4-2026

April 3, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

AssemblyStage: Assembly: Read a third time and passed · February 17, 2026

85

Yes

14

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

99 assemblymembers recorded in this Assembly vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each assemblymember voted

AssemblymemberDistrictVote
Joel Kitchens1Yes
Shae Sortwell2Yes
Ron Tusler3Yes
David Steffen4Yes
Joy Goeben5Yes
Elijah Behnke6Yes
Karen Kirsch7Yes
Sylvia Ortiz-Velez8Yes
Pricilla Prado9Yes
Darrin Madison10No

Bill history

  1. Introduced

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

  3. LRB correction

  4. Public hearing held

  5. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Donovan

  6. Executive action taken

  7. Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  8. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 13, Noes 2

  9. Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Donovan

  11. Representative McCarville added as a coauthor

  12. Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

  13. Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

  14. Read a second time

  15. Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  16. Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  17. Ordered to a third reading

  18. Rules suspended

  19. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 85, Noes 14

  20. Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Received from Assembly

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

  23. Executive action taken

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

  25. Available for scheduling

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

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

  28. Read a second time

  29. Ordered to a third reading

  30. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  31. Read a third time and concurred in

  32. Senator Smith added as a cosponsor

  33. Ordered immediately messaged

  34. Received from Senate concurred in

  35. Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2026

  36. Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  37. Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 194

  38. Published 4-4-2026

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