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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 720: Relating to: veterans cemetery caretaker positions 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 720 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on December 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: veterans cemetery caretaker positions and making an appropriation. (FE). Primary sponsor: Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Dora Drake (Democratic), Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Kelda Roys (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), Jeff Smith (Democratic), Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic). It lists 18 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 28 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Dora DrakePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Jodi Habush SinykinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Jeff SmithPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Francesca HongCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Dean KaufertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Amaad Rivera-WagnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Joe SheehanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
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 J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  3. Fiscal estimate received
  4. Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs
  5. Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Ratcliff, Roys, L. Johnson, Dassler-Alfheim, Smith, Carpenter, Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Johnson, Sinicki, Rivera-Wagner, Tenorio, Miresse, Joers, Subeck, Stubbs, Kaufert, Udell, Sheehan, Roe, McCarville, Hong, Bare, Arney, Neubauer and Stroud

Sources

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