The Assembly adjourned the 2023-24 session at the conclusion of its last scheduled floor day, February 22. The Senate held its final day of floor votes on March 12. The Wisconsin Legislature stands adjourned and is not expected to reconvene until January 2025. Throughout the 2023-24 session, the Wisconsin Civil Justice Council (WCJC) worked tirelessly to advance civil liability reforms and prevent new civil causes of action from becoming law.

This session, legislators introduced many bills proposing to create new private rights of action. WCJC successfully defeated all of them, or else successfully had the legislation amended to remove the new cause of action before passage. A notable and concerning trend for the state’s business community and civil defense and insurance attorneys is an increasing willingness among legislators of both parties to propose new civil causes of action as a way of advancing policy goals that could otherwise be accomplished by regulatory or other means.

See this page for a full review of civil justice policy considered during the 2023-24 legislative session.