Wisconsin Senate Bill 15

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 12-2)
Status: Failed on March 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to renumber 940.198 (1) (a) and 971.109 (1) (a); to renumber and amend 939.623 (1); to amend 343.12 (7) (c) 9j., 813.12 (5b), 813.123 (6g), 813.125 (5b), 911.01 (4) (c), 939.623 (title), 939.623 (2) (intro.), 939.623 (3), 940.198 (title), 940.198 (1) (b), 940.198 (2) (a), 940.198 (2) (b), 940.198 (2) (c), 940.198 (3) (a), 940.198 (3) (b), 940.198 (3) (c), 940.198 (4), 971.109 (title), 971.109 (2) (a) and 971.109 (2) (c); and to create 813.12 (1) (ab), 813.125 (1) (am) 2., 939.623 (1) (b), 940.198 (1) (ag), 940.225 (1) (e) and 971.109 (1) (ac) of the statutes; Relating to: increased penalties for crimes against adults at risk; restraining orders for adults at risk; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an adult at risk; sexual assault of an adult at risk; and providing a penalty.

Increased penalties for crimes against adults at risk; restraining orders for adults at risk; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an adult at risk; sexual assault of an adult at risk; and providing a penalty.

Sen. Andre Jacque [R]	Sen. Timothy Carpenter [D]	Rep. Rob Kreibich [R]	Rep. Elijah Behnke [R]
Rep. Barbara Dittrich [R]	Rep. Rick Gundrum [R]	Rep. David Murphy [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Mursau [R]
Rep. Ron Tusler [R]	Rep. Chuck Wichgers [R]	Rep. Scott Allen [R]	Rep. Bob Donovan [R]
Rep. Angelito Tenorio [D]	Rep. Dan Knodl [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2026-01-21	Senate	Senator Smith added as a coauthor
2026-01-15	Senate	Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
2025-11-14	Senate	Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Jacque
2025-11-14	Senate	LRB correction
2025-03-14	Senate	Available for scheduling
2025-03-14	Senate	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 7, Noes 1
2025-03-14	Senate	Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
2025-03-13	Senate	Executive action taken
2025-03-11	Senate	Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque
2025-02-18	Senate	Public hearing held
2025-02-18	Senate	Representative Tenorio withdrawn as a cosponsor
2025-02-05	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
2025-02-05	Senate	Introduced

AB19 (Crossfiled) 2026-04-02 - Published 4-3-2026

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb15
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB15.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/SB15-SA1.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/SB15-SA2.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/lcamendmentmemos/2025/REG/SB15.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/senate/judiciary_and_public_safety/1909116.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/senate/senate_organization/1985352.pdf