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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Joint Resolution

SJR 55: Relating to: recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday.

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 55 is a joint resolution introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on May 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: recognizing the United States Army’s 250th birthday. Primary sponsor: Jesse James (Republican), Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), Dora Drake (Democratic), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Howard Marklein (Republican), Steve Nass (Republican), Brad Pfaff (Democratic), Kelda Roys (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Van Wanggaard (Republican), Eric Wimberger (Republican), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic). It lists 44 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 22 · Republican 36

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jesse JamesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Rachael Cabral-GuevaraPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Dora DrakePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Sarah KeyeskiPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Howard MarkleinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Steve NassPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Brad PfaffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Van WanggaardPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Eric WimbergerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Scott AllenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Brienne BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Calvin CallahanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse35
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Steve DoyleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse94
Cindi DuchowCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Ben FranklinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Kalan HaywoodCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse16
Karen HurdCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Brent JacobsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Dean KaufertCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53
Joel KitchensCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Tony KurtzCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Paul MelotikCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Clint MosesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse92
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Lori PalmeriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Will PentermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Kevin PetersenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Priscilla PradoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Joe SheehanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Pat SnyderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Shae SortwellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
John SpirosCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse86
David SteffenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Travis TranelCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse49
Duke TuckerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse75
Chuck WichgersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Bob WittkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Shannon ZimmermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse30

“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. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  3. Laid on table
  4. Senators Ratcliff, Wall and Wirch added as coauthors
  5. Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
  6. Available for scheduling
  7. Read and referred to Committee on Senate Organization
  8. Introduced by Senators James, Cabral-Guevara, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Keyeski, Marklein, Nass, Pfaff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wanggaard, Wimberger and Hesselbein; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Allen, Hurd, Penterman, Sortwell, Bare, Brown, Callahan, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Doyle, Duchow, Franklin, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Johnson, Kaufert, Kitchens, Knodl, Kreibich, McCarville, Melotik, Miresse, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Palmeri, Prado, Petersen, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snyder, Spiros, Steffen, Stubbs, Subeck, Tranel, Tucker, Wichgers, Wittke, Zimmerman and Haywood

Sources

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