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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 444: Relating to: identity requirements for officers who arrest or detain individuals 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 444 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on September 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: identity requirements for officers who arrest or detain individuals and providing a penalty. Primary sponsor: LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Kelda Roys (Democratic), Dora Drake (Democratic), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Jodi Habush Sinykin (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 37

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Dora DrakePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Sarah KeyeskiPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Jodi Habush SinykinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Brienne BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Karen DeSantoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Joan FitzgeraldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Kalan HaywoodCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16
Francesca HongCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Andrew HysellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Karen KirschCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Renuka MayadevCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Supreme Moore OmokundeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Christian PhelpsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Priscilla PradoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Amaad Rivera-WagnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Angela StroudCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Sequanna TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11
Angelito TenorioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Randy UdellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47

“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 Smith added as a coauthor
  3. Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 19
  4. Senators Hesselbein and Dassler-Alfheim added as coauthors
  5. Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor
  6. Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor
  7. Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor
  8. Senators Pfaff and Wirch added as coauthors
  9. Representative Joers added as a cosponsor
  10. Senator Wall added as a coauthor
  11. Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor
  12. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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