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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 899: Relating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee.

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 899 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on January 27, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: expressly prohibiting a foreign national from making a contribution to a referendum committee. Primary sponsor: Patrick Testin (Republican), André Jacque (Republican), Howard Marklein (Republican), Cory Tomczyk (Republican), Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican). 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): Republican 19

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Patrick TestinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate24
André JacquePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Howard MarkleinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Cory TomczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29
Rachael Cabral-GuevaraPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Dave ArmstrongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Cindi DuchowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Will PentermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
David SteffenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Paul TittlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25
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. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Testin
  3. Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
  4. Introduced by Senators Testin, Jacque, Marklein, Tomczyk and Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, Armstrong, Behnke, Dittrich, Duchow, Gundrum, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Tittl, Wichgers and Steffen

Sources

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