WI SB 782

enacted

Relating to: intentionally sending false text messages to 911 and providing a penalty.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Introduced: 2025-12-12
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-04-09 — Published 4-10-2026
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

2025-12-12
Introduced by Senator Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Donovan, Goodwin, Sortwell, Sinicki, Behnke, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Kaufert, Kurtz, Maxey, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Stubbs and Subeck
introduction
2025-12-12
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-12-22
Representative Knodl added as a cosponsor
2026-01-07
Public hearing held
2026-01-12
Executive action taken
2026-01-12
Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-12
Available for scheduling
2026-01-16
Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-01-21
Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a coauthor
2026-01-21
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-01-21
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-01-21
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-01-21
Read a third time and passed
passage,reading-3
2026-01-21
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-01-22
Received from Senate
receipt
2026-02-13
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-13
Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
referral
2026-02-17
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
withdrawal
2026-02-17
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-17
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-17
Rules suspended
2026-02-17
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 84, Noes 15
passage,reading-3
2026-02-17
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-18
Received from Assembly concurred in
receipt
2026-02-27
Report correctly enrolled
enrolled
2026-03-06
Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
2026-03-19
Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
2026-04-02
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
executive-receipt
2026-04-09
Report approved by the Governor on 4-9-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 245
executive-signature
2026-04-09
Published 4-10-2026
became-law

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Votes

Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
2026-01-12 · pass · 8-0
CONCURRENCE
2026-02-17 · pass · 84-15
Member-level votes (99)
- ALLEN: yes
- ANDERSON: yes
- ANDRACA: yes
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: no
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: yes
- BEHNKE: yes
- BILLINGS: yes
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: yes
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: yes
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CLANCY: no
- CRUZ: no
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: no
- DESMIDT: yes
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DOYLE: yes
- DUCHOW: yes
- EMERSON: yes
- FITZGERALD: yes
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: yes
- GOODWIN: yes
- GREEN: yes
- GUNDRUM: yes
- GUSTAFSON: yes
- HAYWOOD: yes
- HONG: no
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: yes
- JACOBSON, B: yes
- JACOBSON, J: yes
- JOERS: yes
- JOHNSON: yes
- 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: no
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: no
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEUBAUER: yes
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- O'CONNOR: yes
- ORTIZ-VELEZ: yes
- PALMERI: yes
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PETERSEN: yes
- PHELPS: no
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRADO: yes
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RIVERA-WAGNER: yes
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: no
- SHEEHAN: no
- SINICKI: yes
- SNODGRASS: yes
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: yes
- SPAUDE: no
- SPIROS: yes
- STEFFEN: yes
- STROUD: no
- STUBBS: yes
- SUBECK: yes
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TAYLOR: no
- TENORIO: no
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: yes
- VANDERMEER: yes
- VINING: yes
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- ZIMMERMAN: yes
- SPEAKER: yes

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Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb782

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