# Wisconsin AB161: An Act to create 995.80 of the statutes; Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.

Wisconsin AB161, An Act to create 995.80 of the statutes; Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device., is a 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session) House bill sponsored by Brent Jacobson (Republican), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Lindee Brill (Republican) and 21 others; status failed, last action 2026-03-23 (Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1) (as of 2026-10-17).

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- As of: 2026-10-17
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## Facts
- Bill: Wisconsin AB161
- State: Wisconsin
- Session: 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)
- Title: An Act to create 995.80 of the statutes; Relating to: governmental restrictions based on the energy source of a motor vehicle or other device.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-04-04
- Last action: 2026-03-23, Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Sponsors: Brent Jacobson (Republican), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Lindee Brill (Republican), Calvin Callahan (Republican), Alex Dallman (Republican), Barbara Dittrich (Republican), Joy Goeben (Republican), Chanz Green (Republican), Rick Gundrum (Republican), Daniel Knodl (Republican), Rob Kreibich (Republican), Scott Krug (Republican), Dave Maxey (Republican), Paul Melotik (Republican), David Murphy (Republican), Todd Novak (Republican), William Penterman (Republican), Jim Piwowarczyk (Republican), Patrick Snyder (Republican), John Spiros (Republican), Travis Tranel (Republican), Duke Tucker (Republican), Ron Tusler (Republican), Chuck Wichgers (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Subjects: Energy conservation, Motor vehicle, Municipality, Sales, State agencies
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Brent Jacobson (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Elijah Behnke (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Lindee Brill (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Calvin Callahan (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Alex Dallman (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Barbara Dittrich (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Joy Goeben (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Chanz Green (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Rick Gundrum (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Daniel Knodl (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Rob Kreibich (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Scott Krug (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Dave Maxey (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Paul Melotik (Republican), House
- Sponsor: David Murphy (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Todd Novak (Republican), House
- Sponsor: William Penterman (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jim Piwowarczyk (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Patrick Snyder (Republican), House
- Sponsor: John Spiros (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Travis Tranel (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Duke Tucker (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Ron Tusler (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Chuck Wichgers (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Julian Bradley (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Cindi Duchow (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dan Feyen (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Steve Nass (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jerry O'Connor (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Romaine Quinn (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Cory Tomczyk (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Van Wanggaard (Republican), Senate

## Actions (12)

- 2026-03-23: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (House)
- 2025-09-11: Laid on the table (House)
- 2025-09-09: Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 9-11-2025 (House)
- 2025-06-24: Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-06-20: Representative Duchow added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-04-23: Referred to committee on Rules (House)
- 2025-04-23: Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 1 (House)
- 2025-04-10: Executive action taken (House)
- 2025-04-09: Public hearing held (House)
- 2025-04-07: Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-04-04: Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs (House)
- 2025-04-04: Introduced by Representatives Tucker, Green, Piwowarczyk, Brill, Krug, Tranel, Maxey, B. Jacobson, Callahan, Kreibich, Penterman, Wichgers, Novak, Behnke, Goeben, Murphy, Knodl, Snyder, Dallman, Dittrich, Spiros, Gundrum, Tusler and Melotik; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Wanggaard, Quinn, Feyen, Nass and Bradley (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [HTML](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB161), [PDF](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB161.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Bill Text (HTML)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB161)
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB161.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WI-AB161-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).