Senate Bill 96
Waiting period for marriage after divorce judgment
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 11, 2021
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Human Services, Children and Families. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill eliminates the prohibition against a person marrying for six months after the grant of that person's judgment of divorce. Under current law, a person who was married and party to a divorce action in this or another state may not marry again until six months after a judgment of divorce is granted. This bill eliminates the waiting period.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . 3 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
15 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (15)
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Calvin Callahan · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Jessie Rodriguez · Republican, Assembly
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- LaKeshia Myers · Democrat, Assembly
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 11, 2021
Sent to the Senate Committee on Human Services, Children and Families.
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Feb 11, 2021
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 11, 2021 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Darling, Ballweg, Felzkowski and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Duchow, Novak, Callahan, James, Kitchens, Loudenbeck, Magnafici, Moses, L. Myers, J. Rodriguez, Sinicki, Skowronski, Steffen, Subeck and Cabrera
- Feb 11, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Human Services, Children and Families
- Mar 15, 2022 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor