2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Senate bill

SB 222

Relating to: extortion, sexual extortion, and providing a penalty.

In committee Last action March 23, 2026: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov

Sponsors 4

Prime sponsors

Cabral-Guevara, James, Quinn, Tomczyk

Status

In committee as of March 23, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Senate Judiciary and Public Safety (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 18

Date	Chamber	Action
March 23, 2026	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
November 4, 2025	Senate	Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
September 4, 2025	Senate	Available for scheduling
September 4, 2025	Senate	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
September 4, 2025	Senate	Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
September 4, 2025	Senate	Executive action taken
September 4, 2025	Senate	Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator James
September 3, 2025	Senate	Public hearing held
September 3, 2025	Senate	Senator Hutton added as a coauthor
September 2, 2025	Senate	Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor
June 18, 2025	Senate	Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
May 30, 2025	Senate	Representative Stroud added as a cosponsor
May 21, 2025	Senate	Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James
May 7, 2025	Senate	Representative Udell added as a cosponsor
May 6, 2025	Senate	Senator Ratcliff added as a coauthor
April 28, 2025	Senate	Senator Smith added as a coauthor
April 25, 2025	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
April 25, 2025	Senate	Introduced by Senators James, Tomczyk, Cabral-Guevara and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, B. Jacobson, Spiros, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Joers, Kaufert, Knodl, Kreibich, Krug, Maxey, McCarville, Miresse, Moses, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Rodriguez, Sinicki, Steffen, Stubbs, Subeck, Wichgers and Doyle

Data: Open States (bulk data, October 1, 2026 monthly extract, which has no roll-call tallies; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.