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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 254: Relating to: funding for the War Memorial Center and making an appropriation. (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 254 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on May 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: funding for the War Memorial Center and making an appropriation. (FE). Primary sponsor: Eric Wimberger (Republican), Julian Bradley (Republican), Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Brad Pfaff (Democratic), Bob Wirch (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic). It lists 29 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 16 · Republican 21

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Eric WimbergerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Julian BradleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate28
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Jodi Habush SinykinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Brad PfaffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Bob WirchPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Clint AndersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Brienne BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Bob DonovanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Steve DoyleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse94
Ben FranklinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Joy GoebenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Brent JacobsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Tony KurtzCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Paul MelotikCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Supreme Moore OmokundeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Will PentermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Priscilla PradoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Pat SnyderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
David SteffenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Angelito TenorioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Duke TuckerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75
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. Representative Udell added as a cosponsor
  4. Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor
  5. Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
  6. Fiscal estimate received
  7. Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs
  8. Introduced by Senators Wimberger, Bradley, Carpenter, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Pfaff, Wirch and Ratcliff; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Donovan, Sinicki, Anderson, Brown, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Doyle, Franklin, Goeben, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, McCarville, Melotik, Moore Omokunde, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Prado, Snodgrass, Snyder, Steffen, Tenorio, Tucker and Wichgers

Sources

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