Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive 3 R cosponsors

SB 66 — Relating to: registration plate concealment devices and providing a penalty.

Last action — Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 21, 2025. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 22 sponsors

    1 primary, 21 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

An Act to create 347.495 and 347.50 (6) of the statutes;

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  2. Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  3. Representative Billings added as a cosponsor

  4. Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

  5. Published 11-1-2025

  6. Report approved by the Governor on 10-31-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 37

  7. Presented to the Governor on 10-30-2025

  8. Report correctly enrolled

  9. Received from Assembly concurred in

  10. Ordered immediately messaged

  11. Read a third time and concurred in

  12. Rules suspended

  13. Ordered to a third reading

  14. Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 51, Noes 45

  15. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Arney

  16. Read a second time

  17. Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor

  18. Representative Miresse withdrawn as a cosponsor

  19. Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  20. Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 by Committee on Rules

  21. Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor

  22. Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  23. Received from Senate

  24. Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 31, Noes 2

  26. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  27. Ordered to a third reading

  28. Senate Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  29. Read a second time

  30. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Roys, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, L. Johnson, Smith and Wirch

  31. Placed on calendar 4-22-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  32. Available for scheduling

  33. Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  34. Executive action taken

  35. Public hearing held

  36. Representative Kaufert added as a cosponsor

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

  38. Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Feyen and James; cosponsored by Representatives Donovan, Rodriguez, Behnke, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Hysell, Kitchens, Knodl, Miresse, Maxey, Nedweski, Mursau, Murphy, Penterman, Sinicki, Spiros, Subeck and Wichgers

Sponsors

  • Van Wanggaard · Primary
  • Miresse · Cosponsor
  • Dan Feyen · Cosponsor
  • Donovan · Cosponsor
  • Jesse James · Cosponsor
  • Rodriguez · Cosponsor
  • Behnke · Cosponsor
  • Dittrich · Cosponsor
  • Goeben · Cosponsor
  • Gundrum · Cosponsor
  • Hysell · Cosponsor
  • Kitchens · Cosponsor
  • Knodl · Cosponsor
  • Maxey · Cosponsor
  • Nedweski · Cosponsor
  • Mursau · Cosponsor
  • Murphy · Cosponsor
  • Penterman · Cosponsor
  • Sinicki · Cosponsor
  • Spiros · Cosponsor
  • Subeck · Cosponsor
  • Wichgers · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 21 co-sponsors · 110 not signed on · 55 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (21)

  • Miresse
  • Feyen, Dan Republican
  • Donovan
  • James, Jesse Republican
  • Rodriguez
  • Behnke
  • Dittrich
  • Goeben
  • Gundrum
  • Hysell
  • Kitchens
  • Knodl
  • Maxey
  • Nedweski
  • Mursau
  • Murphy
  • Penterman
  • Sinicki
  • Spiros
  • Subeck
  • Wichgers

Not signed on (110)

110 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table

Passed 51 Yea · 45 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 50201
Democrat 04102
Unaffiliated 1200
Total 514503
% of votes cast 52%45%0%3%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
JOHNSON — Nay
MOORE OMOKUNDE — Nay
SPEAKER — Yea
Anderson, Clinton Democrat Nay
Andraca, Deb Democrat Nay
Arney, Margaret Democrat Nay
Bare, Mike Democrat Nay
Billings, Jill Democrat Nay
Brown, Brienne Democrat Nay
Clancy, Ryan Democrat Not Voting
Cruz, Angelina Democrat Nay
DeSanto, Karen Democrat Nay
DeSmidt, Ben Democrat Nay
Doyle, Steve Democrat Nay
Emerson, Jodi Democrat Nay
Fitzgerald, Joan Democrat Nay
Goodwin, Russell Democrat Nay
Haywood, Kalan Democrat Nay
Hong, Francesca Democrat Nay
Hysell, Andrew Democrat Nay
Jacobson, Jenna Democrat Nay
Joers, Alex Democrat Nay
Kirsch, Karen Democrat Nay
Madison, Darrin Democrat Nay
Mayadev, Renuka Democrat Nay
McCarville, Maureen Democrat Nay
McGuire, Tip Democrat Nay
Miresse, Vincent Democrat Nay
Neubauer, Greta Democrat Nay
Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia Democrat Nay
Palmeri, Lori Democrat Nay
Phelps, Christian Democrat Nay
Prado, Priscilla Democrat Nay
Rivera-Wagner, Amaad Democrat Nay
Roe, Ann Democrat Nay
Sheehan, Joe Democrat Nay
Sinicki, Christine Democrat Nay
Snodgrass, Lee Democrat Nay
Spaude, Ryan Democrat Nay
Stroud, Angela Democrat Nay
Stubbs, Shelia Democrat Nay
Subeck, Lisa Democrat Nay
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Nay
Tenorio, Angelito Democrat Nay
Udell, Randy Democrat Nay
Vining, Robyn Democrat Not Voting
Allen, Scott Republican Yea
Armstrong, David Republican Yea
August, Tyler Republican Yea
Behnke, Elijah Republican Yea
Born, Mark Republican Yea
Brill, Lindee Republican Yea
Brooks, Robert Republican Yea
Callahan, Calvin Republican Yea
Dallman, Alex Republican Yea
Dittrich, Barbara Republican Yea
Donovan, Bob Republican Yea
Duchow, Cindi Republican Yea
Franklin, Benjamin Republican Yea
Goeben, Joy Republican Yea
Green, Chanz Republican Yea
Gundrum, Rick Republican Yea
Gustafson, Nate Republican Yea
Hurd, Karen Republican Yea
Jacobson, Brent Republican Yea
Kaufert, Dean Republican Yea
Kitchens, Joel Republican Yea
Knodl, Daniel Republican Yea
Kreibich, Rob Republican Yea
Krug, Scott Republican Yea
Kurtz, Tony Republican Yea
Maxey, Dave Republican Nay
Melotik, Paul Republican Yea
Moses, Clint Republican Yea
Murphy, David Republican Yea
Mursau, Jeffrey Republican Not Voting
Nedweski, Amanda Republican Yea
Neylon, Adam Republican Yea
Novak, Todd Republican Yea
O'Connor, Jerry Republican Yea
Penterman, William Republican Yea
Petersen, Kevin Republican Yea
Piwowarczyk, Jim Republican Yea
Pronschinske, Treig Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Yea
Snyder, Patrick Republican Yea
Sortwell, Shae Republican Yea
Spiros, John Republican Yea
Steffen, David Republican Yea
Summerfield, Rob Republican Yea
Swearingen, Rob Republican Yea
Tittl, Paul Republican Yea
Tranel, Travis Republican Yea
Tucker, Duke Republican Yea
Tusler, Ron Republican Yea
VanderMeer, Nancy Republican Nay
Wichgers, Chuck Republican Yea
Wittke, Robert Republican Yea
Zimmerman, Shannon Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Senate Amendment 1 rejected

Passed 18 Yea · 15 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 18000
Democrat 01200
Unaffiliated 0300
Total 181500
% of votes cast 55%45%0%0%
How each member voted (33)
Member Party Vote
JOHNSON — Nay
DASSLER-ALFHEI — Nay
HABUSH SINYKIN — Nay
Carpenter, Tim Democrat Nay
Drake, Dora Democrat Nay
Hesselbein, Dianne Democrat Nay
Keyeski, Sarah Democrat Nay
Larson, Chris Democrat Nay
Pfaff, Brad Democrat Nay
Ratcliff, Melissa Democrat Nay
Roys, Kelda Democrat Nay
Smith, Jeff Democrat Nay
Spreitzer, Mark Democrat Nay
Wall, Jamie Democrat Nay
Wirch, Robert Democrat Nay
Bradley, Julian Republican Yea
Cabral-Guevara, Rachael Republican Yea
Felzkowski, Mary Republican Yea
Feyen, Dan Republican Yea
Hutton, Rob Republican Yea
Jacque, André Republican Yea
Jagler, John Republican Yea
James, Jesse Republican Yea
Kapenga, Chris Republican Yea
LeMahieu, Devin Republican Yea
Marklein, Howard Republican Yea
Nass, Steve Republican Yea
Quinn, Romaine Republican Yea
Stafsholt, Rob Republican Yea
Testin, Patrick Republican Yea
Tomczyk, Cory Republican Yea
Wanggaard, Van Republican Yea
Wimberger, Eric Republican Yea

Official roll call →

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 66 do?
An Act to create 347.495 and 347.50 (6) of the statutes;
Who sponsors SB 66?
SB 66 is sponsored by Wanggaard, Van (Republican), Miresse, Feyen, Dan (Republican), Donovan, James, Jesse (Republican), Rodriguez, Behnke, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Hysell, Kitchens, Knodl, Maxey, Nedweski, Mursau, Murphy, Penterman, Sinicki, Spiros, Subeck, and Wichgers.
What is the current status of SB 66?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 21, 2025. It awaits signature.
Where can I track SB 66?
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