WI SB 649
deadRelating to: banning the use of genetic software from foreign adversaries in medical and research facilities, the storage of any human genome sequencing data within the borders of a foreign adversary, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Did WI SB 649 pass?
No. WI SB 649 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
What is WI SB 649 about?
WI SB 649 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: banning the use of genetic software from foreign adversaries in medical and research facilities, the storage of any human genome sequencing data within the borders of a foreign adversary, and providing a penalty. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI SB 649?
Tomczyk, Nass, Jacque and 1 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 649.
- Introduced
- 2025-11-14
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Tomczykprimary
- Nassprimary
- Jacqueprimary
- Testinprimary
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-23
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
failure
2026-01-27
Public hearing held
2026-01-21
Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
2025-12-16
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-11-21
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-11-14
Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-11-14
Introduced by Senators Testin, Jacque, Nass and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Moses, Dallman, Callahan, Kreibich, Kurtz, Piwowarczyk, Mursau, Neylon, Dittrich, Knodl, Green, Behnke and Brill
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Related bills
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