2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Senate bill

SB 485

Relating to: video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities.

Enacted Last action April 6, 2026: Published 4-4-2026

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

Sponsors 2

Prime sponsors

Cabral-Guevara, James

Status

Enacted as of April 6, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Assembly Rules, Senate Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 37

Date	Chamber	Action
April 6, 2026	Senate	Published 4-4-2026
April 6, 2026	Senate	Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 184
April 2, 2026	Senate	Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
March 20, 2026	Senate	Report correctly enrolled
March 17, 2026	Senate	Action ordered immediately messaged
March 17, 2026	Senate	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1
March 17, 2026	Senate	Decision of the Chair stands as the judgment of the Senate, Ayes 18, Noes 15
March 17, 2026	Senate	Point of order that Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 was not germane well taken
March 17, 2026	Senate	Senate Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Smith, Habush Sinykin, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch
March 16, 2026	Senate	Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
February 18, 2026	Senate	Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Ordered immediately messaged
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 79, Noes 20
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Rules suspended
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Ordered to a third reading
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Dittrich
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Read a second time
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Haywood
February 17, 2026	Assembly	Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Haywood
February 13, 2026	Assembly	Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
January 16, 2026	Assembly	Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
November 19, 2025	Assembly	Received from Senate
November 18, 2025	Senate	Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
November 18, 2025	Senate	Ordered to a third reading
November 18, 2025	Senate	Read a second time
November 18, 2025	Senate	Senator Smith added as a coauthor
November 18, 2025	Senate	Ordered immediately messaged
November 18, 2025	Senate	Read a third time and passed
November 14, 2025	Senate	Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
November 12, 2025	Senate	Available for scheduling
November 12, 2025	Senate	Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
November 12, 2025	Senate	Executive action taken
October 8, 2025	Senate	Public hearing held
October 2, 2025	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families
October 2, 2025	Senate	Introduced by Senators James and Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Dittrich, Petersen, Behnke, Gundrum, Melotik, Mursau, 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.