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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 238: Relating to: harassment of search and rescue dogs 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 238 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on May 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: harassment of search and rescue dogs and providing a penalty. Primary sponsor: Jesse James (Republican), Van Wanggaard (Republican). It lists 11 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 2 · Republican 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jesse JamesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Van WanggaardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Chanz GreenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Amanda NedweskiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79

“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. Available for scheduling
  3. Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
  4. Executive action taken
  5. Public hearing held
  6. Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor
  7. Representative Stroud added as a cosponsor
  8. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
  9. Introduced by Senators James and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Green, Andraca, Behnke, Dittrich, Gundrum, Mursau, Nedweski, Novak, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk and Subeck

Sources

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