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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 716: Relating to: considering post-traumatic stress disorder as a mitigating factor in sentencing certain criminal offenders. (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 716 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on December 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: considering post-traumatic stress disorder as a mitigating factor in sentencing certain criminal offenders. (FE). Primary sponsor: Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Dora Drake (Democratic), Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Jeff Smith (Democratic), Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic). 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): Democratic 24 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Dora DrakePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Jodi Habush SinykinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Jeff SmithPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Dean KaufertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Lori PalmeriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Amaad Rivera-WagnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Angela StroudCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Angelito TenorioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Randy UdellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47

“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 Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor
  3. Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
  4. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
  5. Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Ratcliff, L. Johnson, Smith, Carpenter, Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Rivera-Wagner, Tenorio, Miresse, Joers, Subeck, Palmeri, Stubbs, Udell, Roe, McCarville, Bare, Arney, Kaufert, Neubauer and Stroud

Sources

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