WI SB 485

enacted

Relating to: video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Quick answers

Did WI SB 485 pass?

Yes. WI SB 485 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-06): Published 4-4-2026

What is WI SB 485 about?

WI SB 485 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities.”.

Who sponsors WI SB 485?

Cabral-Guevara, James are the primary sponsors of WI SB 485.

Introduced: 2025-10-02
Latest action: 2026-04-06 — Published 4-4-2026
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

2026-04-06
Published 4-4-2026
became-law
2026-04-06
Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 184
executive-signature
2026-04-02
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
executive-receipt
2026-03-20
Report correctly enrolled
enrolled
2026-03-17
Action ordered immediately messaged
2026-03-17
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1
2026-03-17
Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate, Ayes 18, Noes 15
2026-03-17
Point of order that Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 was not germane well taken
2026-03-17
Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Smith, Habush Sinykin, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch
amendment-introduction
2026-03-16
Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-02-18
Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage,passage,receipt
2026-02-17
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-17
Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 79, Noes 20
passage,reading-3
2026-02-17
Rules suspended
2026-02-17
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-17
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2026-02-17
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Dittrich
amendment-introduction
2026-02-17
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-17
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
withdrawal
2026-02-17
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Haywood
amendment-introduction
2026-02-17
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Haywood
amendment-introduction
2026-02-13
Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
referral
2026-01-16
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-11-19
Received from Senate
receipt
2025-11-18
Senator Smith added as a coauthor
2025-11-18
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-11-18
Read a third time and passed
passage,reading-3
2025-11-18
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2025-11-18
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-11-18
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-11-14
Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2025-11-12
Available for scheduling
2025-11-12
Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-11-12
Executive action taken
2025-10-08
Public hearing held
2025-10-02
Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-10-02
Introduced by Senators James and Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Dittrich, Petersen, Behnke, Gundrum, Melotik, Mursau, Penterman, Piwowarczyk and Wichgers
introduction

Versions

Assembly Substitute Amendment 1Compare
Bill TextCompare
(document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
2025-11-12 · pass · 5-0
CONCURRENCE AS AMENDED
2026-02-17 · pass · 79-20
Member-level votes (99)
- ALLEN: yes
- ANDERSON: yes
- ANDRACA: yes
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: yes
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: no
- BEHNKE: yes
- BILLINGS: no
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: yes
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: yes
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CLANCY: no
- CRUZ: no
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: yes
- DESMIDT: no
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DOYLE: yes
- DUCHOW: yes
- EMERSON: no
- FITZGERALD: yes
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: yes
- GOODWIN: yes
- GREEN: yes
- GUNDRUM: yes
- GUSTAFSON: yes
- HAYWOOD: no
- HONG: no
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: no
- JACOBSON, B: yes
- JACOBSON, J: yes
- JOERS: yes
- JOHNSON: no
- KAUFERT: yes
- KIRSCH: yes
- KITCHENS: yes
- KNODL: yes
- KREIBICH: yes
- KRUG: yes
- KURTZ: yes
- MADISON: no
- MAXEY: yes
- MAYADEV: yes
- MCCARVILLE: yes
- MCGUIRE: yes
- MELOTIK: yes
- MIRESSE: yes
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: no
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEUBAUER: yes
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- O'CONNOR: yes
- ORTIZ-VELEZ: no
- PALMERI: yes
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PETERSEN: yes
- PHELPS: no
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRADO: yes
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RIVERA-WAGNER: yes
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: yes
- SHEEHAN: yes
- SINICKI: no
- SNODGRASS: no
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: yes
- SPAUDE: yes
- SPIROS: yes
- STEFFEN: yes
- STROUD: no
- STUBBS: yes
- SUBECK: no
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TAYLOR: yes
- TENORIO: no
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: yes
- VANDERMEER: yes
- VINING: no
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- ZIMMERMAN: yes
- SPEAKER: yes
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1
2026-03-17 · pass · 32-1
SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND
2026-03-17 · pass · 18-15
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- QUINN: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- JAMES: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- JACQUE: yes
- NASS: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- CARPENTER: no
- JOHNSON: no
- ROYS: no
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: no
- KEYESKI: no
- SMITH: no
- DRAKE: no
- LARSON: no
- SPREITZER: no
- HABUSH SINYKIN: no
- PFAFF: no
- WALL: no
- HESSELBEIN: no
- RATCLIFF: no
- WIRCH: no

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https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb485

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