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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 671: Relating to: creating a crime of grooming a child for sexual activity 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 671 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on November 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: creating a crime of grooming a child for sexual activity and providing a penalty. Primary sponsor: Jesse James (Republican), Van Wanggaard (Republican), Rob Hutton (Republican), Steve Nass (Republican), Romaine Quinn (Republican). It lists 30 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 34

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jesse JamesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Van WanggaardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Rob HuttonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Steve NassPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Romaine QuinnPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Lindee BrillCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Calvin CallahanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Bob DonovanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Cindi DuchowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Ben FranklinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Chanz GreenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Gus GustafsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Karen HurdCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Brent JacobsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Dean KaufertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Joel KitchensCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Dave MaxeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Clint MosesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse92
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Amanda NedweskiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Will PentermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Pat SnyderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
David SteffenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Ron TuslerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
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. Available for scheduling
  3. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0
  4. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0
  5. Executive action taken
  6. Public hearing held
  7. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
  8. Senator Marklein added as a coauthor
  9. Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
  10. Introduced by Senators James, Wanggaard, Hutton, Nass and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Nedweski, Brill, Dittrich, Behnke, Callahan, DeSmidt, Donovan, Duchow, Franklin, Green, Gundrum, Gustafson, Hurd, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Snyder, Steffen, Tusler and Wichgers

Sources

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