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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 789: Relating to: grants to nonprofit religious organizations for security purposes 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 789 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on December 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: grants to nonprofit religious organizations for security purposes and making an appropriation. (FE). Primary sponsor: Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), André Jacque (Republican), Dora Drake (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Jamie Wall (Democratic), Bob Wirch (Democratic). It lists 20 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 19 · Republican 7

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jodi Habush SinykinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
André JacquePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Dora DrakePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate4
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Jamie WallPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Bob WirchPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Clint AndersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Bob DonovanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Russell GoodwinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Renuka MayadevCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Lori PalmeriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Joe SheehanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Ron TuslerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse3
Randy UdellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
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. Public hearing held
  3. Fiscal estimate received
  4. Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs
  5. Introduced by Senators Habush Sinykin, Jacque, Drake, L. Johnson, Wall and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Andraca, Gundrum, Mayadev, Anderson, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Donovan, Goodwin, Joers, Kreibich, Miresse, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Sheehan, Subeck, Udell, Vining and Neubauer

Sources

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