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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 55: Relating to: prohibiting the Department of Justice from using the legal services of nongovernmental employees. (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 55 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: prohibiting the Department of Justice from using the legal services of nongovernmental employees. (FE). Primary sponsor: Eric Wimberger (Republican), Dan Feyen (Republican), Steve Nass (Republican), Cory Tomczyk (Republican). It lists 16 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): Republican 20

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Eric WimbergerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Dan FeyenPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Steve NassPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Cory TomczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Scott AllenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Bob DonovanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Ben FranklinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Brent JacobsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Dave MaxeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Paul MelotikCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Clint MosesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse92
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Will PentermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Ron TuslerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3

“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. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
  3. Introduced by Senators Wimberger, Feyen, Nass and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives O'Connor, Tusler, Murphy, B. Jacobson, Donovan, Franklin, Moses, Maxey, Kreibich, Dittrich, Allen, Behnke, Knodl, Penterman, Melotik and Mursau

Sources

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