# Wisconsin AB37: An Act to amend 341.145 (3) of the statutes; Relating to: personalized registration plate fees for gold star family special registration plates. (FE)

Wisconsin AB37, An Act to amend 341.145 (3) of the statutes; Relating to: personalized registration plate fees for gold star family special registration plates. (FE), is a 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session) House bill sponsored by Scott Allen (Republican), Brent Jacobson (Republican), Elijah Behnke (Republican) and 10 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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## Facts
- Bill: Wisconsin AB37
- State: Wisconsin
- Session: 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)
- Title: An Act to amend 341.145 (3) of the statutes; Relating to: personalized registration plate fees for gold star family special registration plates. (FE)
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-17
- Last action: 2026-03-23, Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Sponsors: Scott Allen (Republican), Brent Jacobson (Republican), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Daniel Knodl (Republican), Rob Kreibich (Republican), Dave Maxey (Republican), Paul Melotik (Republican), Jeffrey Mursau (Republican), Christine Sinicki (Democratic), Patrick Snyder (Republican), Ron Tusler (Republican), Randy Udell (Democratic), Chuck Wichgers (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Subjects: Family, Motor vehicle -- Taxation or registration, Veteran
- 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: Scott Allen (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Brent Jacobson (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Elijah Behnke (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Daniel Knodl (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Rob Kreibich (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Dave Maxey (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Paul Melotik (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jeffrey Mursau (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Christine Sinicki (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Patrick Snyder (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Ron Tusler (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Randy Udell (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Chuck Wichgers (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Julian Bradley (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Rob Hutton (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Maureen McCarville (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Vincent Miresse (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Shelia Stubbs (Democratic), House

## Actions (14)

- 2026-03-23: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (House)
- 2025-10-07: Laid on the table (House)
- 2025-10-07: Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-10-03: Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 10-7-2025 (House)
- 2025-09-19: Referred to committee on Rules (House)
- 2025-09-19: Report passage recommended by Committee on Transportation, Ayes 6, Noes 0 (House)
- 2025-09-16: Executive action taken (House)
- 2025-06-25: Public hearing held (House)
- 2025-06-24: Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-05-08: Fiscal estimate received (House)
- 2025-04-30: Representative McCarville added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-04-15: Representative Miresse added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-02-17: Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation (House)
- 2025-02-17: Introduced by Representatives Wichgers, Allen, Behnke, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Melotik, Mursau, Sinicki, Snyder, Tusler and Udell; cosponsored by Senators Hutton, Carpenter, Bradley, Ratcliff and Spreitzer (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [HTML](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB37), [PDF](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB37.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Bill Text (HTML)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB37)
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB37.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WI-AB37-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).