Senate Bill 714
Bathing periods for inmates of state correctional institutions and county jails or houses of correction. (FE)
Topics: Corrections, Department of, House of correction, Jail, Prison, Sheriff
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Dec 2, 2025
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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 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. The committee's chair at the time was Van Wanggaard. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 723. That version died when the session ended.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
The bill requires the Department of Corrections or the county sheriff to ensure that each inmate in a state correctional institution or county jail or house of correction is provided with a minimum of four bathing periods per week and that each bathing period includes at least 10 minutes of access to heated running water and 15 minutes of overall time.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Democrats.
16 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (16)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Renuka Mayadev · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Christian Phelps · Democrat, Assembly
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 21, 2026 to Mar 20, 2026
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jan 12, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 3, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Dec 2, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Dec 2, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Dec 2, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Madison, Brown, Stubbs, Arney, Clancy, Phelps, Hong, Tenorio, Prado, Joers, Sinicki and Subeck
- Dec 2, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Dec 3, 2025 · Senate
Representative Neubauer added as a cosponsor
- Jan 12, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 21, 2026 · Senate
Representative Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor
- Jan 26, 2026 · Senate
Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 20, 2026 · Senate
Representative Mayadev added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate