Senate Bill 864
Courtroom supports for and sealing the identifying information of child victims and child witnesses of human trafficking crimes. (FE)
Topics: Children: Protection and services, Court, Crime and criminals, Crime victim, Privacy, Witness
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, 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
Jan 23, 2026
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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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 sat with the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 834. That version died when the session ended.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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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
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law provides certain additional rights and protections to victims and witnesses during their involvement with the criminal justice or juvenile justice system.
This bill provides that child victims or child witnesses of human trafficking crimes must be provided any courtroom supports that the court finds necessary to support the health, safety, or liberty of the child and determines are in the interest of justice.
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The bill also provides that in any criminal proceeding for a human trafficking violation or civil action for injury due to human trafficking, a child victim’s or child witness’s identifying information must be sealed and may not be disclosed to the public unless the court orders the disclosure to be made after a hearing in which the court takes into consideration the health, safety, and liberty of the child and determines that the disclosure is in the interest of justice.
Who's behind it
Jesse James, a Republican, is its .
24 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (24)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen DeSanto · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 20, 2026 to Mar 19, 2026
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 17, 2026
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 26, 2026 to Feb 17, 2026
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jan 23, 2026
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Jan 23, 2026
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 23, 2026 · Senate
Introduced by Senator James; cosponsored by Representatives O'Connor, Billings, Mursau, Kreibich, Gundrum, Dittrich, Sinicki, DeSanto, Ortiz-Velez, Emerson, Behnke, Miresse, Armstrong, Goodwin, McCarville, Subeck, Stubbs, Udell and Clancy
- Jan 23, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Jan 26, 2026 · Senate
Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
- Feb 13, 2026 · Senate
Representative Madison added as a cosponsor
- Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Representative Joers added as a cosponsor
- Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 20, 2026 · Senate
Representative Sheehan added as a cosponsor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative J. Jacobson 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
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