Senate Joint Resolution 42
Proclaiming 2025 as the year of the snake
Topics: Holidays and special dates
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 proposal.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 29, 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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Adopted, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to adopt pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Senate Organization. The committee's chair at the time was Devin LeMahieu. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same proposal was also filed in the Assembly as AJR 38. 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
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
Who's behind it
10 senators are its . All 10 are Democrats.
36 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (36)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelina Cruz · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen DeSanto · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Andrew Hysell · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Tara Johnson · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen Kirsch · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Renuka Mayadev · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Christian Phelps · Democrat, Assembly
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner · Democrat, Assembly
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- Ryan Spaude · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Sequanna Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the proposal died with it.
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May 2, 2025 to Nov 4, 2025
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Apr 29, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Apr 29, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Apr 29, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Ratcliff, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Smith, Spreitzer and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Tenorio, Hong, Mayadev, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Haywood, Hysell, Joers, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sinicki, Snyder, Spaude, Stroud, Taylor, Udell and Vining
- Apr 29, 2025 · Senate
Read and referred to Committee on Senate Organization
- Apr 29, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- May 2, 2025 · Senate
Representative Cruz added as a cosponsor
- May 13, 2025 · Senate
Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor
- Nov 4, 2025 · Senate
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to adopt 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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor