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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 897: Relating to: threats to health care providers and providing a penalty.

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 897 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on January 27, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: threats to health care providers and providing a penalty. Primary sponsor: Howard Marklein (Republican), Van Wanggaard (Republican), Jesse James (Republican), Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Steve Nass (Republican). 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 1 · Republican 19

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Howard MarkleinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Van WanggaardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Jesse JamesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Rachael Cabral-GuevaraPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Steve NassPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Cindi DuchowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Tony KurtzCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Dave MaxeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Will PentermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Duke TuckerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75
Chuck WichgersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84

“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. Available for scheduling
  3. Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
  4. Executive action taken
  5. Public hearing held
  6. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
  7. Introduced by Senators Marklein, Wanggaard, James, Cabral-Guevara and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Novak, Behnke, Dittrich, Duchow, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki, Tucker and Wichgers

Sources

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