AB961Introduced in the Assembly
Warning labels for explicit content, creating an explicit content label warning surcharge, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Introduced by Joy Goeben, District 5
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
An Act to create 20.455 (2) (gq), 100.77 and 814.75 (28) of the statutes; Relating to: warning labels for explicit content, creating an explicit content label warning surcharge, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Where it stands
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
March 23, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
AssemblyStage: Assembly: Read a third time and passed · February 19, 2026
61
Yes
34
No
4
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
| Assemblymember | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Joel Kitchens | 1 | Yes |
| Shae Sortwell | 2 | Yes |
| Ron Tusler | 3 | Yes |
| David Steffen | 4 | Yes |
| Joy Goeben | 5 | Yes |
| Elijah Behnke | 6 | Yes |
| Karen Kirsch | 7 | No |
| Sylvia Ortiz-Velez | 8 | Yes |
| Pricilla Prado | 9 | Not Voting |
| Darrin Madison | 10 | No |
Bill history
Introduced
Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families
Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor
Representative Udell withdrawn as a coauthor
Public hearing held
Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a coauthor
Representative Fitzgerald withdrawn as a coauthor
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goeben
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Billings
Executive action taken
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 9, Noes 0
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 2
Referred to committee on Rules
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goeben
Fiscal estimate received
Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Goeben
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Goeben
Made a special order of business at 11:53 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
Representatives Billings, Emerson, Sinicki and Stubbs withdrawn as coauthors
Read a second time
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Goeben
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adopted
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 61, Noes 34
Ordered immediately messaged
Received from Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism
Public hearing held
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Verify the information
- Official page on the Wisconsin Legislature website
- Assembly Amendment 1 (amendment)
- Assembly Amendment 2 (amendment)
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 (amendment)
- Assembly Amendment 3 (amendment)
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 (amendment)
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 (amendment)
- Misc (supplement)
- Analysis (supplement)
- Fiscal Note (supplement)
- Misc (supplement)
- Introduced (text)
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