New Wisconsin laws taking effect January 1, 2026
2 laws take effect January 1, 2026.
Of the 247 bills enacted since 2025, 245 have an effective date and 2 don't yet (listed below). A law here takes effect that day by its main provisions; parts of a staggered act may take effect on other dates.
Updated Oct 31, 2026 at 7:42 a.m. EDT.
Crime (1)
AB 75 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
Department of Justice collection and reporting of certain criminal case data
How we got this date
This act takes effect on January 1, 2026.
Wages (1)
AB 232 · 2025 Regular SessionStated
transferring adjudicatory functions for worker’s compensation from the Division of Hearings and Appeals in the Department of Administration to the Department of Workforce Development
How we got this date
This act takes effect on January 1, 2026.
Enacted, but not yet dated (2)
These laws' texts tie their dates to something outside the legislative record (Contingent), or not enough is recorded yet to give one (Unresolved). They may take effect January 1, 2026 too; the record doesn't say.
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- AB 80Contingentratification of the Social Work Licensure CompactCompact statute is enacted into law in the 7th member state
- SB 248Contingentlicense eligibility and restriction extensions relating to ignition interlock devicesTakes effect on the first day of the 12th month beginning after the date specified in the notice published in the Wisconsin administrative register under Section 17 (2)