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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 147: Relating to: interpreter action by telephone or live audiovisual means in civil or criminal proceedings.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 147 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on March 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: interpreter action by telephone or live audiovisual means in civil or criminal proceedings. Primary sponsor: Van Wanggaard (Republican), Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Cory Tomczyk (Republican). It lists 22 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to concur in 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 1 · Republican 24

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Van WanggaardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Rachael Cabral-GuevaraPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Cory TomczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Scott AllenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Dave ArmstrongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Lindee BrillCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Bob DonovanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Cindi DuchowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Joel KitchensCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Dave MaxeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Adam NeylonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse15
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Will PentermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Jessie RodriguezCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse21
Shae SortwellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
David SteffenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Chuck WichgersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84

“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 concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
  3. Received from Senate
  4. Ordered immediately messaged
  5. Read a third time and passed
  6. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
  7. Ordered to a third reading
  8. Senate Amendment 1 adopted
  9. Read a second time
  10. Placed on calendar 5-15-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
  11. Available for scheduling
  12. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 2

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

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