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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 953: Relating to: Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime victim is a child. (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 953 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on February 6, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime victim is a child. (FE). Primary sponsor: Jesse James (Republican), Van Wanggaard (Republican), Cory Tomczyk (Republican), André Jacque (Republican), Kelda Roys (Democratic). It lists 31 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 13 · Republican 23

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jesse JamesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Van WanggaardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Cory TomczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate29
André JacquePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Scott AllenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Dave ArmstrongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Lindee BrillCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Bob DonovanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Joan FitzgeraldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Joy GoebenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5
Russell GoodwinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Chanz GreenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Brent JacobsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Dave MaxeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Renuka MayadevCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Paul MelotikCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Amanda NedweskiCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Shae SortwellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
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. Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor
  3. Fiscal estimate received
  4. Available for scheduling
  5. Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
  6. Executive action taken
  7. Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
  8. Representative Vining added as a cosponsor
  9. Public hearing held
  10. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
  11. Introduced by Senators James, Wanggaard, Tomczyk, Jacque and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Dittrich, Joers, Brill, Mayadev, Ortiz-Velez, Sinicki, Miresse, O'Connor, Kreibich, Nedweski, B. Jacobson, Piwowarczyk, Behnke, Udell, Green, Maxey, Donovan, Goeben, Andraca, Armstrong, Sortwell, Goodwin, Fitzgerald, DeSmidt, Murphy, Knodl, Melotik, Stubbs, Neubauer, Steffen and Allen

Sources

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