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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 955

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriation. (FE)

Children Data processing — Criminal acts and law enforcement Justice department of Police

  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 provides $400,000 to the Department of Justice in each year of the 2025-27 fiscal biennium for Internet crimes against children law enforcement.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Jacque (R) , James (R) , Roys (D) , Wanggaard (R)

28 cosponsors

Armstrong (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Billings (D) , Brill (R) , Brown (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Dittrich (R) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Goeben (R) , Joers (D) , Maxey (R) , Mayadev (D) , Miresse (D) , Neylon (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Ratcliff (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Steffen (R) , Stubbs (D) , Tucker (R) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 3

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 Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

Passed 8–0 Mar 11, 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. Feb 6, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James, Wanggaard, Jacque and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Brill, Billings, Goeben, Joers, Dittrich, Mayadev, Armstrong, Behnke, Brown, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, B. Jacobson, Maxey, Miresse, Neylon, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Sinicki, Tucker, Udell, Stubbs and Steffen

  2. Feb 6, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  3. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor

  4. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Snodgrass added as a cosponsor

  5. Feb 13, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Vining added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 4, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  9. Mar 11, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Mar 13, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  11. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor

  12. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1