# Wisconsin AJR139: Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan, reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act, supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States, and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile.

Wisconsin AJR139, Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan, reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act, supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States, and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile., is a 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session) House bill sponsored by Scott Allen (Republican), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Barbara Dittrich (Republican) and 12 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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- As of: 2026-10-17
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## Facts
- Bill: Wisconsin AJR139
- State: Wisconsin
- Session: 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)
- Title: Relating to: reaffirming Wisconsin’s commitment to the strengthening and deepening of the sister ties between the State of Wisconsin and Taiwan, reaffirming Wisconsin’s support for the Taiwan Relations Act, supporting Taiwan’s signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement with the United States, and continuing support for increasing Taiwan’s international profile.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-02-13
- Last action: 2026-03-23, Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Sponsors: Scott Allen (Republican), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Barbara Dittrich (Republican), Benjamin Franklin (Republican), Rick Gundrum (Republican), Joel Kitchens (Republican), Daniel Knodl (Republican), Scott Krug (Republican), David Murphy (Republican), Jerry O'Connor (Republican), Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (Democratic), William Penterman (Republican), Patrick Snyder (Republican), John Spiros (Republican), Shelia Stubbs (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Subjects: Asm Joint Resolution 139, International relations
- 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: Elijah Behnke (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Barbara Dittrich (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Benjamin Franklin (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Rick Gundrum (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Joel Kitchens (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Daniel Knodl (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Scott Krug (Republican), House
- Sponsor: David Murphy (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jerry O'Connor (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: William Penterman (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Patrick Snyder (Republican), House
- Sponsor: John Spiros (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Shelia Stubbs (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jill Billings (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: André Jacque (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Chris Larson (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kelda Roys (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lisa Subeck (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Patrick Testin (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Cory Tomczyk (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Van Wanggaard (Republican), Senate

## Actions (5)

- 2026-03-23: Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (House)
- 2026-03-04: Representative Subeck added as a coauthor (House)
- 2026-02-19: Representative Billings added as a coauthor (House)
- 2026-02-13: Read and referred to Committee on Rules (House)
- 2026-02-13: Introduced by Representatives Krug, Allen, Kitchens, Behnke, Dittrich, Franklin, Gundrum, Knodl, Murphy, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Snyder, Spiros and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Testin, Roys, Cabral-Guevara, Jacque, Larson, Ratcliff and Wanggaard (House)

## Bill text

- Joint Resolution Text: [HTML](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR139), [PDF](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR139.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Joint Resolution Text (HTML)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR139)
- [Joint Resolution Text (PDF)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR139.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WI-AJR139-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).