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WI SB 222

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Relating 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

  1. 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

  2. 2025-04-25

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-04-28

    Senator Smith added as a coauthor

  4. 2025-05-07

    Representative Udell added as a cosponsor

  5. 2025-05-06

    Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor

  6. 2025-05-21

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James

    amendment-introduction

  7. 2025-05-30

    Representative Stroud added as a cosponsor

  8. 2025-06-18

    Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  9. 2025-09-02

    Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor

  10. 2025-09-03

    Public hearing held

  11. 2025-09-03

    Senator Hutton added as a coauthor

  12. 2025-09-04

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator James

    amendment-introduction

  13. 2025-09-04

    Executive action taken

  14. 2025-09-04

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

    amendment-passage

  15. 2025-09-04

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2025-09-04

    Available for scheduling

  17. 2025-11-04

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  18. 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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