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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 168: Relating to: changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff. (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 168 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on April 3, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff. (FE). Primary sponsor: André Jacque (Republican), Howard Marklein (Republican), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic). It lists 16 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 4 · Republican 16

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
André JacquePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Howard MarkleinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Sarah KeyeskiPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Dave ArmstrongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Calvin CallahanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Chanz GreenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Gus GustafsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Joel KitchensCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Paul MelotikCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Treig PronschinskeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse29
David SteffenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Bob WittkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63

“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 J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  3. Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
  4. Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
  5. Representative Billings added as a cosponsor
  6. Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
  7. Representative Rivera-Wagner added as a cosponsor
  8. Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor
  9. Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor
  10. Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor
  11. Representative Neubauer added as a cosponsor
  12. Fiscal estimate received

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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