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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Senate Bill 250

State and local governmental use of certain mobile or online software applications and electronic devices

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Apr 20, 2023

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Utilities and Technology. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under this bill, no official, employee, or contractor of a state agency or local governmental unit, other than a law enforcement officer for law enforcement purposes, may access or use a mobile or online software application prohibited under the bill, as specified below, using an electronic device that is owned, operated, or leased by a state agency or local governmental unit. Additionally, the bill prohibits any state agency or local governmental unit from owning, operating, or leasing any electronic device prohibited under the bill.

The bill provides that all of the following mobile or online software applications and their successor applications and all mobile or online software applications and all electronic devices manufactured, developed, owned, or provided by the following entities, or a parent, subsidiary, or successor of the entity, are prohibited software applications and devices:

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1. TikTok.

2. ByteDance Limited.

3. Huawei Technologies.

4. ZTE Corporation.

5. Hytera Communications Corporation.

6. Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Company.

7. Zhejiang Dahua Technology Company.

8. Tencent QQ.

9. QQ Wallet.

10. WeChat.

11. Tencent Holdings.

12. Alibaba Group.

13. AliPay.

14. Kaspersky Lab.

Who's behind it

3 senators are its ⁠. All 3 are Republicans.

15 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (3)

Signed on in support (15)

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 20, 2023

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Utilities and Technology.

  3. Apr 20, 2023

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Apr 20, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Bradley, Stroebel and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, Rettinger, Allen, Bodden, Brandtjen, Donovan, Duchow, Green, Gundrum, Kitchens, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman and Wichgers

  2. Apr 20, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities and Technology

  3. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Public hearing

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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

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Author

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Signed on in support

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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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

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Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

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