AB 124 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: prohibiting persons who have been convicted of a violent crime from changing their name and providing a penalty.

AB 124 prohibits individuals convicted of a violent crime from changing their name, with violations punishable as a Class H felony. The bill amends existing state laws to explicitly block all name change requests - whether through court orders or vital records updates - for people with such convictions. This applies to all name change processes, including those for birth records, marriage records, or court-ordered changes. The law does not affect name changes for individuals without violent crime convictions.
Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 11, 2025 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Total actions
12
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Jan 8, 2026
Lower · Passed
Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules
lower
May 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to committee on Rules
lower
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 4, Noes 2
lower
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Judiciary, Ayes 4, Noes 2
lower
May 2, 2025
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goeben
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Goeben, Piwowarczyk, Maxey, Steffen, Tittl, Brill, Wichgers, Murphy, Knodl, Mursau, Penterman, Kreibich and Behnke; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Jacque and Nass
lower
13 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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