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
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
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
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chuck Wichgers
RRepublican
P
Dan Knodl
RRepublican
P
Dave Maxey
RRepublican
P
Dave Murphy
RRepublican
P
David Steffen
RRepublican
P
Elijah Behnke
RRepublican
P
Jeff Mursau
RRepublican
P
Jim Piwowarczyk
RRepublican
P
Joy Goeben
RRepublican
P
Lindee Brill
RRepublican
P
Paul Tittl
RRepublican
P
Rob Kreibich
RRepublican
P
Will Penterman
RRepublican
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