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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 429: Relating to: prohibiting possessing a firearm on college and university campuses 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 429 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on September 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: prohibiting possessing a firearm on college and university campuses and providing a penalty. Primary sponsor: Kelda Roys (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), Dora Drake (Democratic), Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Jeff Smith (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic). It lists 24 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 35

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Dora DrakePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Jodi Habush SinykinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Sarah KeyeskiPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Jeff SmithPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Brienne BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Karen DeSantoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Joan FitzgeraldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Francesca HongCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Andrew HysellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Karen KirschCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Renuka MayadevCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Lori PalmeriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Priscilla PradoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Joe SheehanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Angelito TenorioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Randy UdellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
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. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  3. Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
  4. Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
  5. Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
  6. Introduced by Senators Roys, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Smith and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Brown, Andraca, Mayadev, Bare, Arney, DeSmidt, Fitzgerald, Hong, Hysell, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, McCarville, Palmeri, Prado, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Tenorio, Udell, Vining and DeSanto

Sources

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