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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 856: Relating to: climate change scholarships 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 856 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on January 15, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: climate change scholarships and making an appropriation. (FE). Primary sponsor: Jeff Smith (Democratic), Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic). It lists 15 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 20

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeff SmithPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Jill BillingsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Supreme Moore OmokundeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Lori PalmeriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Joe SheehanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Angela StroudCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Sequanna TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11
Angelito TenorioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
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. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  3. Representative Mayadev added as a cosponsor
  4. Representative Clancy added as a cosponsor
  5. Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges
  6. Introduced by Senators Smith, Carpenter, Hesselbein, L. Johnson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Billings, Arney, Bare, DeSmidt, Joers, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud, Taylor, Tenorio and Vining

Sources

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