WI SB 222
deadRelating to: extortion, sexual extortion, and providing a penalty.
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did WI SB 222 pass?
No. WI SB 222 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-03-23). Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
What is WI SB 222 about?
WI SB 222 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: extortion, sexual extortion, and providing a penalty.”.
Who sponsors WI SB 222?
Quinn, Cabral-Guevara, Tomczyk and 1 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 222.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-25
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Quinnprimary
- Cabral-Guevaraprimary
- Tomczykprimary
- Jamesprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-04-25
Introduced by Senators James, Tomczyk, Cabral-Guevara and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, B. Jacobson, Spiros, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Joers, Kaufert, Knodl, Kreibich, Krug, Maxey, McCarville, Miresse, Moses, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Rodriguez, Sinicki, Steffen, Stubbs, Subeck, Wichgers and Doyle
introduction
2025-04-25
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-04-28
Senator Smith added as a coauthor
2025-05-07
Representative Udell added as a cosponsor
2025-05-06
Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor
2025-05-21
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
amendment-introduction
2025-05-30
Representative Stroud added as a cosponsor
2025-06-18
Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
2025-09-02
Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor
2025-09-03
Public hearing held
2025-09-03
Senator Hutton added as a coauthor
2025-09-04
Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator James
amendment-introduction
2025-09-04
Executive action taken
2025-09-04
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
amendment-passage
2025-09-04
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-04
Available for scheduling
2025-11-04
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
2026-03-23
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
failure
Versions
Documents
Votes
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
2025-09-04 · pass · 8-0
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
2025-09-04 · pass · 8-0
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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