Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 4 R · 1 D cosponsors

SB 309 — Relating to: immunity for 911 call centers and dispatchers that transfer callers to the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

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 June 04, 2025. It awaits signature.

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

Prognosis

Likely to advance 90% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

How often bills like it became law.

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 19 sponsors

    1 primary, 18 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (4 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

An Act to create 256.35 (7) (c) of the statutes;

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  2. Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

  3. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  4. Published 11-1-2025

  5. Report approved by the Governor on 10-31-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 41

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

  7. Report correctly enrolled

  8. Received from Assembly concurred in

  9. Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Read a third time and concurred in

  11. Rules suspended

  12. Ordered to a third reading

  13. Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 54, Noes 42

  14. Decision of the Chair appealed

  15. Point of order that Assembly Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  16. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Fitzgerald

  17. Read a second time

  18. Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up

  19. Read

  20. Received from Senate

  21. Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Read a third time and passed

  23. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  24. Ordered to a third reading

  25. Read a second time

  26. Senators Ratcliff, Smith and Drake added as coauthors

  27. Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  28. Available for scheduling

  29. Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  30. Executive action taken

  31. Public hearing held

  32. Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  33. Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families

  34. Introduced by Senators James, Keyeski, Marklein, Quinn and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Dittrich, Behnke, Brill, Kaufert, Knodl, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman and Tittl

Sponsors

  • VanderMeer · Cosponsor
  • Dittrich · Cosponsor
  • Behnke · Cosponsor
  • Brill · Cosponsor
  • Kaufert · Cosponsor
  • Knodl · Cosponsor
  • Maxey · Cosponsor
  • Melotik · Cosponsor
  • Murphy · Cosponsor
  • Mursau · Cosponsor
  • O'Connor · Cosponsor
  • Ortiz-Velez · Cosponsor
  • Penterman · Cosponsor
  • Tittl · Cosponsor
  • Jesse James · Primary
  • Sarah Keyeski · Cosponsor
  • Howard Marklein · Cosponsor
  • Romaine Quinn · Cosponsor
  • Van Wanggaard · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 18 co-sponsors · 113 not signed on · 40 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (18)

Not signed on (113)

113 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

Decision of the Chair upheld

Passed 54 Yea · 42 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 52001
Democrat 14002
Unaffiliated 1200
Total 544203
% of votes cast 55%42%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 Yea
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 Yea
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 Yea
Wichgers, Chuck Republican Yea
Wittke, Robert Republican Yea
Zimmerman, Shannon Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety healthcare technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 309 do?
An Act to create 256.35 (7) (c) of the statutes;
Who sponsors SB 309?
SB 309 is sponsored by VanderMeer, Dittrich, Behnke, Brill, Kaufert, Knodl, Maxey, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Tittl, James, Jesse (Republican), Keyeski, Sarah (Democrat), Marklein, Howard (Republican), Quinn, Romaine (Republican), and Wanggaard, Van (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 309?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced June 04, 2025. It awaits signature.
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