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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 945: Relating to: storage of firearms in retail facility when unattended.

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 945 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on February 6, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: storage of firearms in retail facility when unattended. Primary sponsor: Chris Larson (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Kelda Roys (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 18

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Jodi EmersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Joan FitzgeraldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Karen KirschCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Priscilla PradoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Angela StroudCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
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 Mayadev added as a cosponsor
  3. Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor
  4. Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
  5. Introduced by Senators Larson, Hesselbein, Ratcliff and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Subeck, Andraca, Sinicki, Emerson, DeSmidt, Fitzgerald, Joers, Kirsch, Madison, Prado, Snodgrass, Stroud, Stubbs and Udell

Sources

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