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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 642: Relating to: creating a landlord fire prevention grant program, granting rule-making authority, 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 642 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on November 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: creating a landlord fire prevention grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE). Primary sponsor: LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Dora Drake (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Jeff Smith (Democratic), Bob Wirch (Democratic). It lists 19 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 25

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Dora DrakePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Jeff SmithPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Bob WirchPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Brienne BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Jodi EmersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Russell GoodwinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Kalan HaywoodCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Joe SheehanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Angela StroudCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Sequanna TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11
Angelito TenorioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
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 Spreitzer added as a coauthor
  3. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  4. Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor
  5. Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
  6. Introduced by Senators L. Johnson, Drake, Larson, Ratcliff, Smith and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Arney, Andraca, Sinicki, Bare, Brown, DeSmidt, Emerson, Goodwin, Haywood, Neubauer, Roe, Sheehan, Snodgrass, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio and Vining

Sources

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