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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1041: Relating to: student loans for postsecondary education, requirements related to student loan servicers, creating an office of the student loan ombudsman in the Department of Financial Institutions, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1041 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on February 24, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: student loans for postsecondary education, requirements related to student loan servicers, creating an office of the student loan ombudsman in the Department of Financial Institutions, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE). Primary sponsor: Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Jeff Smith (Democratic), Dora Drake (Democratic), Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Kelda Roys (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic). It lists 21 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 29

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Jeff SmithPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Dora DrakePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Clint AndersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Jill BillingsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Brienne BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Jodi EmersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Francesca HongCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Supreme Moore OmokundeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Lori PalmeriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Priscilla PradoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Amaad Rivera-WagnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Angela StroudCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Angelito TenorioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Randy UdellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
  3. Fiscal estimate received
  4. Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions and Sporting Heritage
  5. Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Drake, Carpenter, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Joers, Stroud, Emerson, DeSmidt, Anderson, Andraca, Billings, Brown, Hong, Madison, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sinicki, Tenorio and Udell

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source