WI SB 522
passed one chamberRelating to: the appointment of a guardian ad litem in a proceeding to grant reasonable visitation rights to a nonparent. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Did WI SB 522 pass?
Not yet. WI SB 522 has passed one chamber and awaits action in the other. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
What is WI SB 522 about?
WI SB 522 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: the appointment of a guardian ad litem in a proceeding to grant reasonable visitation rights to a nonparent. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI SB 522?
Tomczyk, Jacque are the primary sponsors of WI SB 522, joined by 8 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2025-10-09
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Tomczykprimary
- Jacqueprimary
- Dittrichcosponsor
- Armstrongcosponsor
- Brookscosponsor
- Kreibichcosponsor
- Melotikcosponsor
- Mursaucosponsor
- Pentermancosponsor
- Wichgerscosponsor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-23
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
amendment-failure
2026-02-18
Received from Senate
receipt
2026-02-18
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-18
Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor
2026-02-18
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 1
passage,reading-3
2026-02-18
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-02-18
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-18
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-17
Placed on calendar 2-18-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-02-03
Available for scheduling
2026-02-03
Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-03
Executive action taken
2026-01-27
Public hearing held
2025-11-03
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-10-10
Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
2025-10-09
Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-10-09
Introduced by Senators Jacque and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Dittrich, Armstrong, Brooks, Kreibich, Melotik, Mursau, Penterman and Wichgers
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Votes
Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
2026-02-03 · pass · 5-0
PASSAGE
2026-02-18 · pass · 32-1
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- RATCLIFF: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- JAMES: yes
- ROYS: yes
- CARPENTER: yes
- JOHNSON: yes
- SMITH: yes
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- SPREITZER: yes
- DRAKE: yes
- KEYESKI: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- LARSON: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- HABUSH SINYKIN: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WALL: yes
- HESSELBEIN: yes
- NASS: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- PFAFF: yes
- WIRCH: yes
- JACQUE: yes
- QUINN: yes
- WIMBERGER: no
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