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WI SB 236

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Relating to: tampering with telecommunication or electric wires and providing a penalty.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WI SB 236 pass?

No. WI SB 236 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 236 about?

WI SB 236 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: tampering with telecommunication or electric wires and providing a penalty.”.

Who sponsors WI SB 236?

Ratcliff, Pfaff, Nass and 2 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 236.

Introduced
2025-05-09
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Sponsors

  • Ratcliffprimary
  • Pfaffprimary
  • Nassprimary
  • Markleinprimary
  • Jamesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-05-09

    Introduced by Senators James, Marklein, Nass, Pfaff and Ratcliff; cosponsored by Representatives Summerfield, Behnke, Callahan, Dittrich, Doyle, Green, Gundrum, Moses, Mursau, Penterman, Steffen, Subeck and Melotik

    introduction

  2. 2025-05-09

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-05-27

    Public hearing held

  4. 2025-05-28

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James

    amendment-introduction

  5. 2025-06-04

    Executive action taken

  6. 2025-06-05

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

    amendment-passage

  7. 2025-06-05

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

    committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-06-05

    Available for scheduling

  9. 2025-06-17

    Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor

  10. 2025-06-17

    Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. 2025-06-18

    Laid on table

    deferral

  12. 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

    2025-06-05 · pass · 8-0

  • Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

    2025-06-05 · pass · 8-0

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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