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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Senate Bill 147

Interpreter action by telephone or live audiovisual means in civil or criminal proceedings

Topics: Court: Procedure, English language

Passed the Senate, then stopped

The Senate passed it on May 15, 2025, but the Assembly never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 21, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed May 15, 2025

  4. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Assembly never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 148. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

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

Under current law, in any civil or criminal proceeding other than a trial, a court may permit an interpreter to act by telephone or live audiovisual means. This bill removes the exclusion for trials, so that an interpreter may act by telephone or live audiovisual means in any civil or criminal proceeding.

Who's behind it

3 senators are its ⁠. All 3 are Republicans.

22 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 25 names

Authors (3)

Signed on in support (22)

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety vote on an amendment

Passed, 8 to 0 · May 8, 2025

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety vote to recommend it

Passed, 6 to 2 · May 8, 2025

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. May 27, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. May 15, 2025

    The Assembly received it.

  4. May 15, 2025

    The Senate passed it.

  5. May 15, 2025

    The Senate adopted it.

  6. May 8, 2025

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 2.

  7. May 8, 2025

    “Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0” (the official wording)

  8. Apr 30, 2025

    The committee held a public hearing.

  9. Mar 21, 2025

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.

  10. Mar 21, 2025

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 21, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Cabral-Guevara and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Duchow, Allen, Armstrong, Brill, Dittrich, Donovan, Gundrum, Kitchens, Knodl, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, Novak, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Rodriguez, Sortwell, Steffen and Wichgers

  2. Mar 21, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Apr 30, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. May 6, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  5. May 8, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. May 8, 2025 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  7. May 8, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 6, Noes 2

  8. May 8, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. May 13, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-15-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  11. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  12. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  14. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  15. May 15, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. May 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  17. May 27, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  18. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. 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. 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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

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

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary