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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Joint Resolution

SJR 68: Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration).

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 68 is a joint resolution introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on June 12, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: eliminating constitutional restrictions on marriage (first consideration). Primary sponsor: Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), Kelda Roys (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Dora Drake (Democratic), Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Brad Pfaff (Democratic), Jeff Smith (Democratic), Jamie Wall (Democratic), Bob Wirch (Democratic). It lists 30 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 45

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tim CarpenterPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Dora DrakePrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Jodi Habush SinykinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate8
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Sarah KeyeskiPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Brad PfaffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Jeff SmithPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Jamie WallPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Bob WirchPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate22
Clint AndersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse45
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Margaret ArneyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Angelina CruzCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse62
Karen DeSantoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Jodi EmersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Joan FitzgeraldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Francesca HongCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Renuka MayadevCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Greta NeubauerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Supreme Moore OmokundeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Lori PalmeriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Christian PhelpsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Priscilla PradoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Amaad Rivera-WagnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Ryan SpaudeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse89
Angela StroudCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Randy UdellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
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. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  3. Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor
  4. Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
  5. Introduced by Senators Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Roys, Spreitzer, Ratcliff, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Smith, Wall and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Rivera-Wagner, Udell, Cruz, Neubauer, Phelps, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stroud, Arney, Clancy, Anderson, Andraca, Bare, DeSanto, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Hong, Joers, Johnson, Madison, Mayadev, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Prado, Roe, Stubbs, Subeck and Vining

Sources

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