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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 64: Relating to: injuring or killing a police or fire animal 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 64 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: injuring or killing a police or fire animal and providing a penalty. Primary sponsor: Van Wanggaard (Republican), Tim Carpenter (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Howard Marklein (Republican), Steve Nass (Republican). It lists 23 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 5 · Republican 23

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Van WanggaardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Howard MarkleinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Steve NassPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Dave ArmstrongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Lindee BrillCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Calvin CallahanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Bob DonovanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Joy GoebenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Brent JacobsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Dean KaufertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Joel KitchensCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Dave MaxeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Amanda NedweskiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Will PentermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
David SteffenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Paul TittlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
Chuck WichgersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84

“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 Emerson added as a cosponsor
  3. Representative Billings added as a cosponsor
  4. Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
  5. Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor
  6. Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor
  7. Available for scheduling
  8. Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1
  9. Executive action taken
  10. Senator Habush Sinykin added as a coauthor
  11. Public hearing held
  12. Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

Showing 12 most recent of 16 actions. Full history

Sources

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