2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Senate bill

SB 295

Relating to: the use of artificial intelligence or other machine assisted translation in court proceedings and of telephone or live audiovisual interpretation in criminal trials. (FE)

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 2

Prime sponsors

Bradley, Kapenga

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 3

Date	Chamber	Action
March 23, 2026	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
May 30, 2025	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
May 30, 2025	Senate	Introduced by Senators Kapenga and Bradley; cosponsored by Representatives Maxey, Kitchens, Allen, Armstrong, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Donovan, Gundrum, Gustafson, Kaufert, Knodl, Kreibich, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, O'Connor, Penterman, Piwowarczyk and Wichgers

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.