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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 954: Relating to: requiring the Department of Justice to conduct a public awareness campaign. (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 954 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on February 6, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: requiring the Department of Justice to conduct a public awareness campaign. (FE). Primary sponsor: Jesse James (Republican), Kelda Roys (Democratic). It lists 16 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 7 · Republican 11

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jesse JamesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Dave ArmstrongCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse67
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Lindee BrillCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Joan FitzgeraldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Chanz GreenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse74
Brent JacobsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Renuka MayadevCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
David SteffenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78

“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. Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor
  8. Public hearing held
  9. Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
  10. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
  11. Introduced by Senators James and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Green, Brill, Dittrich, Mayadev, Armstrong, Behnke, Fitzgerald, B. Jacobson, Miresse, Murphy, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki, Stubbs and Steffen

Sources

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