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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 249: Relating to: vacancies in appointive state offices.

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 249 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on May 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: vacancies in appointive state offices. Primary sponsor: Julian Bradley (Republican), Romaine Quinn (Republican), Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Dan Feyen (Republican), Howard Marklein (Republican), Steve Nass (Republican), Cory Tomczyk (Republican). 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): Republican 23

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Julian BradleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate28
Romaine QuinnPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Rachael Cabral-GuevaraPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Dan FeyenPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Howard MarkleinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Steve NassPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Cory TomczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Scott AllenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Lindee BrillCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Rob BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Joy GoebenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Chanz GreenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Dave MaxeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Will PentermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
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 pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Available for scheduling
  3. Report passage by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 2, Noes 3
  4. Executive action taken
  5. Public hearing held
  6. Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Bradley
  7. Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
  8. Introduced by Senators Bradley, Quinn, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Marklein, Nass and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Allen, Maxey, Behnke, Brill, Brooks, Goeben, Green, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Steffen and Wichgers

Sources

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