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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 809: Relating to: the opportunity attraction and promotion program administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

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 809 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on January 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: the opportunity attraction and promotion program administered by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation. Primary sponsor: Patrick Testin (Republican), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), Dan Feyen (Republican), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Cory Tomczyk (Republican). It lists 11 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 6 · Republican 12

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Patrick TestinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Dan FeyenPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Sarah KeyeskiPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Cory TomczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Dave ArmstrongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Lindee BrillCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Chanz GreenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Dean KaufertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Joel KitchensCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Tony KurtzCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78

“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 Emerson added as a cosponsor
  3. Representative Billings added as a cosponsor
  4. Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
  5. Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
  6. Senator Wirch added as a coauthor
  7. Public hearing held
  8. Representative Udell added as a cosponsor
  9. Representative Joers added as a cosponsor
  10. Senator Hesselbein added as a coauthor
  11. Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
  12. Introduced by Senators Testin, Dassler-Alfheim, Feyen, Keyeski, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Armstrong, Brill, Green, Kaufert, Kitchens, Mursau, Novak, Sinicki, Stubbs and Knodl

Sources

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