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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 971: Relating to: exempting certain agricultural warehouses from automatic fire sprinkler requirements.

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 971 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on February 6, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: exempting certain agricultural warehouses from automatic fire sprinkler requirements. Primary sponsor: Jesse James (Republican), Howard Marklein (Republican), Romaine Quinn (Republican). It lists 13 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 16

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jesse JamesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Howard MarkleinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Romaine QuinnPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Karen HurdCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Clint MosesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse92
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
John SpirosCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Rob SummerfieldCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Paul TittlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse25

“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 Penterman added as a cosponsor
  3. Public hearing held
  4. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
  5. Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor
  6. Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor
  7. Read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture and Revenue
  8. Introduced by Senators James, Marklein and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Hurd, Novak, Behnke, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kreibich, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Piwowarczyk, Spiros, Summerfield and Tittl

Sources

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