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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 222: Relating to: extortion, sexual extortion, and providing a penalty.

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 222 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on April 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: extortion, sexual extortion, and providing a penalty. Primary sponsor: Jesse James (Republican), Cory Tomczyk (Republican), Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Romaine Quinn (Republican). It lists 30 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 7 · Republican 27

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jesse JamesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Cory TomczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Rachael Cabral-GuevaraPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Romaine QuinnPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Dave ArmstrongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Lindee BrillCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Calvin CallahanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Steve DoyleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse94
Joy GoebenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Brent JacobsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Dean KaufertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Scott KrugCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse72
Dave MaxeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Clint MosesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse92
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Jessie RodriguezCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse21
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Pat SnyderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
John SpirosCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
David SteffenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
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 pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  3. Available for scheduling
  4. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
  5. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
  6. Executive action taken
  7. Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator James
  8. Senator Hutton added as a coauthor
  9. Public hearing held
  10. Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor
  11. Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
  12. Representative Stroud added as a cosponsor

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

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