Senate Bill 851
The use of live animals in medical training and providing a penalty
Topics: Animal, Colleges and universities, Medical education
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. 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
Jan 15, 2026
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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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 ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 865. 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.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill prohibits an educational institution from using live animals to train medical students, residents, fellows, interns, or physicians in the medical treatment of human beings if 1) at least one other accredited training program in the same medical discipline does not use live animals or 2) there is an alternate teaching method or accredited course that provides equivalent training without the use of live animals. A person who violates this prohibition must forfeit $1,000 for each live animal used.
Who's behind it
Rachael Cabral-Guevara, a Republican, is its .
6 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (6)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Joy Goeben · Republican, Assembly
- Gus Gustafson · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Health vote to recommend it
Passed, 4 to 1 · Feb 3, 2026
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 4, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 26, 2026 to Mar 5, 2026
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 3, 2026
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 1.
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Jan 29, 2026
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 15, 2026
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health.
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Jan 15, 2026
Introduced in the Senate.
See the official record, word for word Hide the official record
- Jan 15, 2026 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Gustafson, Armstrong, Dittrich and Goeben
- Jan 15, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health
- Jan 29, 2026 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 4, Noes 1
- Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 26, 2026 · Senate
Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- Mar 5, 2026 · Senate
Representative Sinicki 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.
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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote