Skip to content

Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 466

Became law Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: age for the issuance of a Missing Child Alert.

Children Justice department of

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

The Department of Justice currently administers several alert systems, under which DOJ works with law enforcement agencies, broadcasters, and others to disseminate information regarding certain cases involving endangered children, veterans at risk, missing persons at risk, and missing children at risk. These alerts are commonly known, respectively, as Amber Alerts, Green Alerts, Silver Alerts, or Missing Child Alerts.

Under current law, the Missing Child Alert applies to a missing person under 18 who is not covered by the Amber Alert if the minor is believed to be incapable of returning home without assistance due to a physical or mental condition or disability or if the minor is under 10. Under this bill, the minor must be under 12 instead of under 10 before a Missing Child Alert could be issued for the missing minor without further conditions.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Dassler-Alfheim (D) , James (R) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Marklein (R) , Pfaff (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D)

38 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Behnke (R) , Clancy (D) , Dittrich (R) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Franklin (R) , Goeben (R) , Haywood (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kaufert (R) , Kitchens (R) , Madison (D) , McCarville (D) , Melotik (R) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde and Tenorio , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Phelps (D) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Smith and Hesselbein , Snodgrass (D) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Stroud (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

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

Passed 5–0 Nov 12, 2025 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. Oct 2, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James, L. Johnson, Dassler-Alfheim, Keyeski, Larson, Marklein, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Stubbs, Spiros, Rodriguez, Anderson, Behnke, Clancy, Dittrich, Fitzgerald, Franklin, Goeben, Haywood, Joers, Johnson, Kaufert, Madison, McCarville, Melotik, Miresse, Murphy, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, O'Connor, Palmeri, Phelps, Piwowarczyk, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Steffen and Stroud

  2. Oct 2, 2025 · Senate

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

  3. Oct 2, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor

  4. Oct 8, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 10, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  6. Nov 12, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Nov 12, 2025 · Senate

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

  8. Nov 12, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Nov 14, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  10. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  12. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senators Smith and Hesselbein added as coauthors

  15. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  17. Dec 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  18. Jan 7, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  19. Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules

  20. Jan 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Representatives Moore Omokunde and Tenorio added as cosponsors

  21. Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  22. Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Vining added as a cosponsor

  23. Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  24. Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  26. Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  27. Jan 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Jan 14, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  29. Jan 15, 2026 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  30. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  31. Mar 5, 2026 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-5-2026

  32. Mar 9, 2026 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-6-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 93

  33. Mar 9, 2026 · Senate

    Published 3-7-2026