WisconsinSB7162025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)Senate

An Act to amend 973.017 (2) (b); to create 973.017 (8m) of the statutes; Relating to: considering post-traumatic stress disorder as a mitigating factor in sentencing certain criminal offenders. (FE)

Sponsored By: Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Dora Drake (Democratic), Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Jeff Smith (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic)

Failed

Sen Bill 716CourtMental healthSentences and penaltiesVeteran

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Bill Overview

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Tim Carpenter

    Democratic • Senate

  • Dora Drake

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jodi Habush Sinykin

    Democratic • Senate

  • Dianne Hesselbein

    Democratic • Senate

  • LaTonya Johnson

    Democratic • Senate

  • Chris Larson

    Democratic • Senate

  • Melissa Ratcliff

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jeff Smith

    Democratic • Senate

  • Mark Spreitzer

    Democratic • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Clinton Anderson

    Democratic • House

  • Margaret Arney

    Democratic • House

  • Mike Bare

    Democratic • House

  • Alex Joers

    Democratic • House

  • Dean Kaufert

    Republican • House

  • Maureen McCarville

    Democratic • House

  • Vincent Miresse

    Democratic • House

  • Supreme Moore Omokunde

    Democratic • House

  • Greta Neubauer

    Democratic • House

  • Lori Palmeri

    Democratic • House

  • Amaad Rivera-Wagner

    Democratic • House

  • Ann Roe

    Democratic • House

  • Christine Sinicki

    Democratic • House

  • Angela Stroud

    Democratic • House

  • Shelia Stubbs

    Democratic • House

  • Lisa Subeck

    Democratic • House

  • Angelito Tenorio

    Democratic • House

  • Randy Udell

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

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Actions Timeline

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    3/23/2026Senate
  2. Representative Moore Omokunde added as a cosponsor

    2/17/2026Senate
  3. Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor

    1/26/2026Senate
  4. Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

    12/2/2025Senate
  5. Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Ratcliff, L. Johnson, Smith, Carpenter, Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Sinicki, Rivera-Wagner, Tenorio, Miresse, Joers, Subeck, Palmeri, Stubbs, Udell, Roe, McCarville, Bare, Arney, Kaufert, Neubauer and Stroud

    12/2/2025Senate

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