Wisconsin bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin SB 445

Relating to: consideration of a certain definition of antisemitism for purposes of laws, ordinances, policies, or criminal penalty enhancers concerning discrimination based on race, religion, color, or national origin.

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed Senate
4. Passed House
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• Wirch (Democratic)
• Wanggaard (Republican)
• Wall (Democratic)
• Testin (Republican)
• Pfaff (Democratic)
• James (Republican)
• Hesselbein (Democratic)
• Cabral-Guevara (Republican)
• Hutton (Republican)

Summary

Text versions

• Bill Text

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 4:19 PM.

Actions

• Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
  Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
• Mar 17, 2026 · Senate
  Senator Wirch withdrawn as a coauthor
• Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
  Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Hutton
• Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
  LRB correction
• Feb 2, 2026 · Senate
  Available for scheduling
• Feb 2, 2026 · Senate
  Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 3
• Feb 2, 2026 · Senate
  Executive action taken
• Jan 28, 2026 · Senate
  Public hearing held
• Nov 20, 2025 · Senate
  Representative Goodwin added as a cosponsor
• Sep 29, 2025 · Senate
  Representative Sinicki withdrawn as a cosponsor
• Sep 29, 2025 · Senate
  Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
• Sep 29, 2025 · Senate
  Introduced by Senators Hutton, Cabral-Guevara, Hesselbein, James, Pfaff, Testin, Wall, Wanggaard and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Tusler, Dallman, Dittrich, Donovan, Emerson, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Sinicki, Subeck and Wichgers