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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 437: Relating to: automated external defibrillators in child care centers 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 437 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on September 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: automated external defibrillators in child care centers and making an appropriation. (FE). Primary sponsor: Brad Pfaff (Democratic), Bob Wirch (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Dora Drake (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic). It lists 22 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 30 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Brad PfaffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Bob WirchPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Dora DrakePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Sarah KeyeskiPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Clint AndersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Jill BillingsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Joan FitzgeraldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Kalan HaywoodCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Dean KaufertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Karen KirschCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Lori PalmeriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Joe SheehanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
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. Senator Habush Sinykin added as a coauthor
  3. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  4. Representative Arney added as a cosponsor
  5. Available for scheduling
  6. Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
  7. Executive action taken
  8. Public hearing held
  9. Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families
  10. Introduced by Senators Pfaff, Wirch, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Drake, Ratcliff, Keyeski, Dassler-Alfheim and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Billings, Sinicki, Miresse, Ortiz-Velez, Kirsch, Madison, Joers, Palmeri, Bare, Fitzgerald, Snodgrass, Roe, DeSmidt, Sheehan, Stubbs, Kaufert, Udell, Vining, Subeck, Anderson, Johnson and Haywood

Sources

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