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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 978: Relating to: online services accessed by minors, minors’ personal data, and granting rule-making authority.

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 978 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on February 6, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: online services accessed by minors, minors’ personal data, and granting rule-making authority. Primary sponsor: Jeff Smith (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Kelda Roys (Democratic), Jamie Wall (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic). It lists 18 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 23

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jeff SmithPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Jamie WallPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Jill BillingsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Karen DeSantoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Jodi EmersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Joan FitzgeraldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Russell GoodwinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Renuka MayadevCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
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. Representative Vining added as a cosponsor
  3. Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor
  4. Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism
  5. Introduced by Senators Smith, Hesselbein, Roys, Wall and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Joers, Billings, Mayadev, Andraca, Clancy, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Madison, Miresse, Neubauer, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stubbs and Udell

Sources

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