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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 404

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: creating a Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls and making an appropriation. (FE)

Attorney general Crime and criminals — Homicide or murder Minority groups Women

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates a Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls. The task force must be established by the attorney general and must consist of members who are knowledgeable in crime victims rights or violence protection and who work in a range of relevant positions as specified in the bill. The task force must examine various factors that contribute to violence against African American women and girls and submit to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature by December 15, 2026, a report on actions that can be taken to eliminate violence against African American women and girls. The bill also authorizes and provides funding for 1.0 FTE GPR project position for DOJ to staff the task force.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Drake (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , James (R) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wall (D) , Wirch (D)

42 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Armstrong (R) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Brooks (R) , Clancy (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Goodwin (D) , Gustafson (R) , Haywood (D) , Hong (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kaufert (R) , Madison (D) , Mayadev (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Phelps (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Snyder (R) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D) , Tranel (R) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 7

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 3, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 3, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Aug 28, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James, L. Johnson, Ratcliff, Roys, Hesselbein, Drake, Wirch, Carpenter, Keyeski, Larson, Smith, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Pfaff, Wall and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Stubbs, Snyder, Joers, Vining, Neubauer, Moore Omokunde, Novak, Rivera-Wagner, Goodwin, O'Connor, Tenorio, Bare, Miresse, Sinicki, Taylor, Brooks, Udell, Emerson, Roe, Behnke, Clancy, Hong, Stroud, Fitzgerald, Armstrong, Phelps, Mayadev, Madison, Andraca, Kaufert, DeSmidt, Billings, Haywood, Anderson, Tranel, Sheehan, Subeck, Gustafson and Johnson

  2. Aug 28, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families

  3. Sep 9, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Arney added as a cosponsor

  4. Dec 16, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 9, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  6. Jan 21, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James

  7. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor

  9. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  11. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  12. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1