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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Joint Resolution

SJR 46: Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Frederick P. Kessler.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SJR 46 is a joint resolution introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on May 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: honoring the life and public service of Representative Frederick P. Kessler. Primary sponsor: Dora Drake (Democratic), Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Jamie Wall (Democratic), Kelda Roys (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Jeff Smith (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Bob Wirch (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Van Wanggaard (Republican), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic). It lists 32 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to adopt 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 41 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dora DrakePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Jamie WallPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Jeff SmithPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Bob WirchPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Van WanggaardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate21
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Brienne BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Steve DoyleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse94
Jodi EmersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Joan FitzgeraldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Russell GoodwinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Kalan HaywoodCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16
Jenna JacobsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse50
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Dean KaufertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Karen KirschCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Supreme Moore OmokundeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Lori PalmeriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Christian PhelpsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Priscilla PradoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Amaad Rivera-WagnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
John SpirosCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Sequanna TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11
Angelito TenorioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Robyn ViningCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse13

“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 adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Available for scheduling
  3. Read and referred to Committee on Senate Organization
  4. Introduced by Senators Drake, Carpenter, Larson, Wall, Roys, Dassler-Alfheim, Hesselbein, Smith, Ratcliff, Wirch, Spreitzer, Wanggaard and L. Johnson; cosponsored by Representatives Goodwin, Sinicki, Arney, Spiros, Doyle, Neubauer, Tenorio, Rivera-Wagner, Mursau, Madison, Brown, DeSmidt, Stubbs, Vining, Emerson, Kirsch, Fitzgerald, Phelps, Bare, Ortiz-Velez, Moore Omokunde, Kaufert, Clancy, Palmeri, J. Jacobson, Joers, Snodgrass, Haywood, Taylor, Prado, Johnson and Subeck

Sources

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