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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 845: Relating to: repealing unconstitutional provisions related to operating while intoxicated.

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 845 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on January 15, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: repealing unconstitutional provisions related to operating while intoxicated. Primary sponsor: Jesse James (Republican), John Jagler (Republican), Howard Marklein (Republican). It lists 9 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): Republican 12

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jesse JamesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
John JaglerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate13
Howard MarkleinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Mark BornCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse37
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Joel KitchensCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Will PentermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
John SpirosCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86

“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 Subeck added as a cosponsor
  4. Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
  5. Available for scheduling
  6. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
  7. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
  8. Executive action taken
  9. Public hearing held
  10. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
  11. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
  12. Introduced by Senators James, Jagler and Marklein; cosponsored by Representatives Spiros, Born, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kitchens, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor and Penterman

Sources

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