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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 398: Relating to: requiring universal changing stations in certain buildings, creating a tax credit for installation of the stations, 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 398 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on August 25, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: requiring universal changing stations in certain buildings, creating a tax credit for installation of the stations, and making an appropriation. (FE). Primary sponsor: Dora Drake (Democratic), Jeff Smith (Democratic), Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Bob Wirch (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic). It lists 28 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 40

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dora DrakePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Jeff SmithPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Jodi Habush SinykinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Sarah KeyeskiPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Bob WirchPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Clint AndersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Brienne BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Karen DeSantoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Jodi EmersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Joan FitzgeraldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Russell GoodwinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Kalan HaywoodCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16
Francesca HongCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Karen KirschCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Supreme Moore OmokundeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Priscilla PradoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Sequanna TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11
Angelito TenorioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Robyn ViningCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13

“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. Fiscal estimate received
  3. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  4. Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
  5. Fiscal estimate received
  6. Representative Arney added as a cosponsor
  7. Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
  8. Introduced by Senators Drake, Smith, Carpenter, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Wirch and Dassler-Alfheim; cosponsored by Representatives Vining, Johnson, Stubbs, Anderson, Andraca, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Haywood, Hong, Joers, Kirsch, Madison, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Prado, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Taylor and Tenorio

Sources

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