# Wisconsin SB444: An Act to create 946.685 of the statutes; Relating to: identity requirements for officers who arrest or detain individuals and providing a penalty.

Wisconsin SB444, An Act to create 946.685 of the statutes; Relating to: identity requirements for officers who arrest or detain individuals and providing a penalty., is a 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session) Senate bill sponsored by Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Dora Drake (Democratic), Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic) and 5 others; status failed, last action 2026-03-23 (Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Wisconsin SB444
- State: Wisconsin
- Session: 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)
- Title: An Act to create 946.685 of the statutes; Relating to: identity requirements for officers who arrest or detain individuals and providing a penalty.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-09-29
- Last action: 2026-03-23, Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Sponsors: Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Dora Drake (Democratic), Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Kelda Roys (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 36
- Subjects: Sen Bill 444, Legislature -- Criminal Penalties, Joint Review Committee on, Police
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (14 yes, 19 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Senate
- Sponsor: Dora Drake (Democratic), Senate
- Sponsor: Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), Senate
- Sponsor: Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Senate
- Sponsor: LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Senate
- Sponsor: Chris Larson (Democratic), Senate
- Sponsor: Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Senate
- Sponsor: Kelda Roys (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Deb Andraca (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Margaret Arney (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mike Bare (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Brienne Brown (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ryan Clancy (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Karen DeSanto (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ben DeSmidt (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Steve Doyle (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Joan Fitzgerald (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kalan Haywood (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Francesca Hong (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Andrew Hysell (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Alex Joers (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Tara Johnson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Karen Kirsch (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Darrin Madison (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Renuka Mayadev (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Maureen McCarville (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Vincent Miresse (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Supreme Moore Omokunde (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Greta Neubauer (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Christian Phelps (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Priscilla Prado (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Amaad Rivera-Wagner (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Ann Roe (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Christine Sinicki (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jeff Smith (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lee Snodgrass (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Angela Stroud (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Lisa Subeck (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Sequanna Taylor (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Angelito Tenorio (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Randy Udell (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Jamie Wall (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-18 | Senate | Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 19 | fail | 14 | 19 |   |

## Actions (13)

- 2026-03-23: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Senator Smith added as a coauthor (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 14, Noes 19 (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Senators Hesselbein and Dassler-Alfheim added as coauthors (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor (Senate)
- 2026-01-28: Senators Pfaff and Wirch added as coauthors (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Representative Joers added as a cosponsor (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Senator Wall added as a coauthor (Senate)
- 2025-10-16: Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor (Senate)
- 2025-09-29: Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety (Senate)
- 2025-09-29: Introduced by Senators L. Johnson, Carpenter, Larson, Roys, Drake, Keyeski, Ratcliff and Habush Sinykin; cosponsored by Representatives Ortiz-Velez, Madison, Prado, Brown, Clancy, DeSanto, Hong, Kirsch, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Phelps, Rivera-Wagner, Taylor, Tenorio, Arney, Bare, DeSmidt, Fitzgerald, Johnson, Mayadev, Neubauer, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stroud, Subeck, Udell, Haywood and Hysell (Senate)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [HTML](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB444), [PDF](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB444.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Bill Text (HTML)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB444)
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB444.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WI-SB444-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).