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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 647: Relating to: fraudulent claims for unclaimed property and providing a penalty. (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 647 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on November 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: fraudulent claims for unclaimed property and providing a penalty. (FE). Primary sponsor: Patrick Testin (Republican), Howard Marklein (Republican), Steve Nass (Republican). It lists 12 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 1 · Republican 14

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Patrick TestinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Howard MarkleinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Steve NassPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Brent JacobsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Will PentermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
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. Available for scheduling
  3. Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
  4. Executive action taken
  5. Public hearing held
  6. Fiscal estimate received
  7. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
  8. Introduced by Senators Testin, Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives O'Connor, Tusler, Piwowarczyk, Bare, Behnke, Dittrich, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy and Penterman

Sources

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