Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 1 R cosponsors

SB 224 — Relating to: the rights of sexual assault crime victims.

Last action — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced April 25, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the Assembly.

Prognosis

Advancing 58% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

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  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 14 sponsors

    1 primary, 13 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

An Act to amend 165.776 (1) (d); to create 950.04 (1v) (dm) of the statutes;

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

50 added · 12 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Senate Bill 224 clarifies and strengthens the rights of sexual assault victims regarding their sexual assault kits. Now, victims are guaranteed the right to have their kits tested within specific timelines and to receive updates on the kit's location, testing date, and results, as well as whether DNA analysis has been conducted and if any matches were found. This change is significant because it ensures that victims remain informed and involved in the judicial process, which can help them feel more supported and empowered during a challenging time.

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- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBa0482/1 MJW:skw SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 224 November 17, 2025 - Offered by SenatACQUE .
- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-0060/1 MJW:cdc SENATE BILL 224 April 25, 2025 - Introduced by Senator JACQUE , cosponsored by Representatives M URPHY , BEHNKE , BRILL, DITTRICH , FRANKLIN , GUNDRUM , B.
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
J ACOBSON , K AUFERT , KREIBICH, M AXEY, M URSAU , SUBECK and W ICHGERS .
Referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
A N A CT to amend 165.776 (1) (d);
to create 950.04 (1v) (dm) of the statutes;
relating to:
the rights of sexual assault crime victims.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, crime victims are provided certain rights under Wisconsin’s Bill of Rights for Victims and Witnesses, which generally relates to ensuring that all crime victims and witnesses are treated with dignity, respect, courtesy, and sensitivity throughout the criminal justice process.
This bill adds to the bill of rights for crime victims to provide that if a victim of sexual assault has provided a sexual assault kit as evidence of the crime, he or she has all of the following rights:
Page 2, line 9:
To have his or her kit tested in accordance with statutory timelines.
delete the material beginning with that line and ending with line 16 and substitute:
2.
“2.
Upon request, to be informed of the location, testing date, and testing results of the sexual assault kit.
To be provided, upon request, information regarding the location and status of the sexual assault kit and the estimated destruction date of the sexual assault kit.”.
3.
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Upon request, to be informed whether a deoxyribonucleic acid analysis has been performed on the kit and, if an analysis has, whether or not a deoxyribonucleic acid profile has been developed and whether a comparison of the profile to profiles of known persons has identified a person.
4.
Upon request, to be informed of the estimated destruction date of the sexual assault kit.
5.
To be informed of any change in the status of his or her case, including if the case has been closed or reopened.
- 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-0060/1 MJW:cdc SENATE BILL 224 SECTION 1 The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
S ECTION 1.
165.776 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
165.776 (1) (d) “Sexual assault kit” means the evidence collected from a sexual assault forensic examination has the meaning given in s.
165.775 (1) (e).
S ECTION 2.
950.04 (1v) (dm) of the statutes is created to read:
950.04 (1v) (dm) If he or she provided a sexual assault kit, as defined in s.
165.775 (1) (e), to all of the following:
1.
To have his or her sexual assault kit tested in accordance with the timeline established under s.
165.775 (4) (b).
2.
To be provided, upon request and in a manner designated by the victim, information regarding the location, testing date, and testing results of the sexual assault kit;
whether a deoxyribonucleic acid analysis has been performed on the kit and, if an analysis has, whether or not a deoxyribonucleic acid profile has been developed and whether a comparison of the profile to profiles of known persons has identified a person;
and the estimated destruction date of the sexual assault kit.
3.
To be informed of any change in the status of his or her case, including if the case has been closed or reopened.
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Action History

  1. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Received from Senate

  3. Ordered immediately messaged

  4. Senators Dassler-Alfheim and Spreitzer added as coauthors

  5. Read a third time and passed

  6. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  7. Ordered to a third reading

  8. Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  9. Read a second time

  10. Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Available for scheduling

  12. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  13. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  14. Executive action taken

  15. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque

  16. Public hearing held

  17. Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

  18. Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor

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

  20. Introduced by Senator Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Murphy, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Franklin, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Kreibich, Maxey, Mursau, Subeck and Wichgers

Sponsors

  • Murphy · Cosponsor
  • Behnke · Cosponsor
  • Brill · Cosponsor
  • Dittrich · Cosponsor
  • Franklin · Cosponsor
  • Gundrum · Cosponsor
  • B. Jacobson · Cosponsor
  • Kaufert · Cosponsor
  • Kreibich · Cosponsor
  • Maxey · Cosponsor
  • Mursau · Cosponsor
  • Subeck · Cosponsor
  • Wichgers · Cosponsor
  • André Jacque · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 13 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (13)

  • Murphy
  • Behnke
  • Brill
  • Dittrich
  • Franklin
  • Gundrum
  • B. Jacobson
  • Kaufert
  • Kreibich
  • Maxey
  • Mursau
  • Subeck
  • Wichgers

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 224 do?
An Act to amend 165.776 (1) (d); to create 950.04 (1v) (dm) of the statutes;
Who sponsors SB 224?
SB 224 is sponsored by Murphy, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Franklin, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Kreibich, Maxey, Mursau, Subeck, Wichgers, and Jacque, André (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 224?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced April 25, 2025. It now moves to the second chamber.
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