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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1094: Relating to: creating the penalty of death or life imprisonment for persons who are convicted of certain child sex offenses, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and providing a penalty. (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 1094 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on March 4, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: creating the penalty of death or life imprisonment for persons who are convicted of certain child sex offenses, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and providing a penalty. (FE). Primary sponsor: Chris Kapenga (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. 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): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris KapengaPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate33
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6

“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 Murphy added as a cosponsor
  3. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
  4. Introduced by Senator Kapenga; cosponsored by Representative Behnke

Sources

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