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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 849: Relating to: the civil causes of action for human trafficking and trafficking a child.

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 849 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on January 15, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: the civil causes of action for human trafficking and trafficking a child. Primary sponsor: Van Wanggaard (Republican), Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic). It lists 14 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 5 · Republican 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Van WanggaardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Jodi Habush SinykinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Will PentermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
David SteffenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
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 Subeck added as a cosponsor
  3. Representative Sheehan added as a cosponsor
  4. Public hearing held
  5. Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor
  6. Representative Knodl added as a cosponsor
  7. Public hearing held
  8. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
  9. Introduced by Senators Wanggaard and Habush Sinykin; cosponsored by Representatives Mursau, Steffen, Stubbs, Behnke, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki and Udell

Sources

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