# Wisconsin AJR118: Relating to: proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Cybersecurity Awareness Month.

Wisconsin AJR118, Relating to: proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Cybersecurity Awareness Month., is a 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session) House bill sponsored by Mike Bare (Democratic), Brienne Brown (Democratic), Karen DeSanto (Democratic) and 14 others; status failed, last action 2026-03-23 (Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Wisconsin AJR118
- State: Wisconsin
- Session: 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)
- Title: Relating to: proclaiming the months of October 2025 and October 2026 as Cybersecurity Awareness Month.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-11-24
- Last action: 2026-03-23, Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Sponsors: Mike Bare (Democratic), Brienne Brown (Democratic), Karen DeSanto (Democratic), Ben DeSmidt (Democratic), Barbara Dittrich (Republican), Jodi Emerson (Democratic), Alex Joers (Democratic), Tara Johnson (Democratic), Karen Kirsch (Democratic), Vincent Miresse (Democratic), Lori Palmeri (Democratic), Priscilla Prado (Democratic), Amaad Rivera-Wagner (Democratic), Ann Roe (Democratic), Christine Sinicki (Democratic), Angela Stroud (Democratic), Angelito Tenorio (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Subjects: Asm Joint Resolution 118, Data processing -- Privacy issues, Holidays and special dates
- 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: Mike Bare (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Brienne Brown (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Karen DeSanto (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Ben DeSmidt (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Barbara Dittrich (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jodi Emerson (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Alex Joers (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Tara Johnson (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Karen Kirsch (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Vincent Miresse (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Lori Palmeri (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Priscilla Prado (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Amaad Rivera-Wagner (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Ann Roe (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Christine Sinicki (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Angela Stroud (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Angelito Tenorio (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Dora Drake (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jenna Jacobson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Chris Larson (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kelda Roys (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lisa Subeck (Democratic), House

## Actions (5)

- 2026-03-23: Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (House)
- 2026-02-09: Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor (House)
- 2026-01-12: Representative Subeck added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-11-24: Read and referred to Committee on Rules (House)
- 2025-11-24: Introduced by Representatives Bare, Brown, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Emerson, Joers, Kirsch, Miresse, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sinicki, Stroud, Tenorio, Johnson and Palmeri; cosponsored by Senators Hesselbein, Carpenter, Drake, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer (House)

## Bill text

- Joint Resolution Text: [HTML](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR118), [PDF](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR118.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Joint Resolution Text (HTML)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR118)
- [Joint Resolution Text (PDF)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR118.pdf)

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- [AB80: An Act to renumber 457.25 (1); to amend 46.90 (4) (ab) 4., 48.56 (2), 48.561 (2…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WI-AB80-2025)
- [AB1027: An Act Relating to: requiring information relating to the food stamp program to…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WI-AB1027-2025)
- [SB36: An Act to repeal 71.63 (6) (n) 1. and 71.63 (6) (n) 2.; to renumber and amend 7…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WI-SB36-2025)
- [AB674: An Act to create 157.06 (15m) of the statutes; Relating to: prohibiting knowing…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WI-AB674-2025)
- [SB176: An Act to create 71.05 (1) (j), 71.26 (1) (j), 71.34 (1k) (q) and 71.45 (1) (dp…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WI-SB176-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WI-AJR118-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).
