AB 487 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: meeting in closed session to consider information technology security issues.

AB 487 allows the ethics commission, elections commission, and specific joint committees to hold closed sessions to discuss information technology security issues affecting their jurisdictions. The bill requires these committees to later publish redacted summaries of their discussions, removing confidential or proprietary details. It also restricts access to sensitive IT security records, permitting disclosure only to the designated joint committees for oversight purposes. The law clarifies procedures for convening closed sessions and limits business conducted during them to only IT security matters. This creates new transparency requirements while protecting sensitive security information.
Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Oct 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Oct 9, 2025 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Total actions
10
Key actions
2
Committee
3
Amendments
2
Jan 21, 2026
Introduced
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Gustafson
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
Referred to committee on Rules
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency, Ayes 6, Noes 3
lower
Jan 15, 2026
Lower · Passed
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Accountability, and Transparency, Ayes 9, Noes 0
lower
Dec 17, 2025
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Gustafson
lower
Oct 9, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Gustafson, Steffen, O'Connor, Dittrich, Piwowarczyk, Melotik and Murphy; cosponsored by Senator Bradley
lower
7 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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