Wisconsin Senate
Jesse James
Republican. Senate, district 23.
Emailsen.james@legis.wisconsin.gov
contactOfficial record 1https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/legislators/assembly/1937
officialOfficial record 2https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/legislators/assembly/2149
officialOfficial record 3https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/legislators/senate/2563
officialOfficial record 4https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/legislators/senate/2815
officialOfficial record 5https://legis.wisconsin.gov/senate/23/james/
officialBills they sponsored
99 bills sponsored this session
The assignment of child support orders and arrears to the state when a child enters foster care and the role of the Department of Children and Families, county departments of human and social services, and juvenile courtSB 1072 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2026
S - Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and FamiliesThe voluntary surrender of a license issued by the Department of Public Instruction during an investigation of immoral conduct, prohibited agreements related to information related to an investigation of immoral conduct,SB 999 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
S - EducationTourism promotion improvement districtsSB 998 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
S - Transportation and Local GovernmentFunding for grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriationSB 997 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
S - Transportation and Local GovernmentFunding for grants for community emergency medical services and falls prevention initiatives and making an appropriationSB 996 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
S - Transportation and Local GovernmentExpanding the Wisconsin deflection initiative and making an appropriationSB 1014 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
S - Judiciary and Public SafetyRatification of the Interstate Massage CompactSB 1004 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
S - Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal AffairsLicensure and regulation of establishments providing massage therapy or bodywork therapy, the practice of massage therapy or bodywork therapy, and granting rule-making authoritySB 1003 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
S - Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal AffairsProhibiting education employers from entering into certain agreements related to information about alleged immoral conduct by an employee and civil immunity for information provided to a prospective employerSB 1000 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2026
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriationSB 977 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
S - Transportation and Local GovernmentGrants for community emergency medical services, grants for falls prevention awareness and initiatives, and making an appropriationSB 976 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
S - Transportation and Local GovernmentVirtual currency kiosksSB 975 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Tuition and materials reimbursement for community paramedics and community emergency medical services practitionersSB 974 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
S - Transportation and Local GovernmentThe name of the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention BoardSB 973 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
S - Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and FamiliesExempting certain agricultural warehouses from automatic fire sprinkler requirementsSB 971 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
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Position authorizations for Internet crimes against children law enforcementSB 956 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Internet crimes against children law enforcement and making an appropriationSB 955 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Requiring the Department of Justice to conduct a public awareness campaignSB 954 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Internet crimes against children administrative subpoenas for the crime of sexual extortion when the crime victim is a childSB 953 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Prohibiting the use of phones while driving a motor vehicle and providing a penaltySB 935 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
S - Judiciary and Public SafetySubtraction for certain income of members of the National Guard and ReservesSB 929 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Implementing a behavioral health prevention pilot program and making an appropriationSB 926 · this session · introduced Feb 6, 2026
S - Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and FamiliesCreating a civil cause of action for sexual extortionSB 902 · this session · introduced Jan 27, 2026
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Termination of parental rights under the safe haven lawSB 893 · this session · introduced Jan 27, 2026
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Immunity for certain controlled substances offenses for aiders and aided personsSB 889 · this session · introduced Jan 27, 2026
S - Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and FamiliesSentencing for crimes committed by a person who is under the age of 18SB 882 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026
S - Judiciary and Public SafetyCourtroom supports for and sealing the identifying information of child victims and child witnesses of human trafficking crimesSB 864 · this session · introduced Jan 23, 2026
S - Judiciary and Public SafetyRepealing unconstitutional provisions related to operating while intoxicatedSB 845 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2026
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)School lockdown announcementsSB 836 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2026
S - EducationSchool safety plansSB 835 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2026
S - EducationA grant program to support parent and guardian volunteer programs in schools, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriationSB 834 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2026
S - EducationGrants to school counselors, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriationSB 833 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2026
S - EducationRemote dispensing sites under the pharmacy practice lawSB 832 · this session · introduced Jan 15, 2026
S - Enacted into lawReimbursement for the provision of military funeral honorsSB 810 · this session · introduced Jan 2, 2026
S - Enacted into lawEligibility to receive occupational credentials for recipients of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programSB 745 · this session · introduced Dec 12, 2025
S - Government Operations, Labor and Economic DevelopmentPreferences for woman-owned businesses in state procurement for architectural and engineering servicesSB 704 · this session · introduced Dec 2, 2025
S - Government Operations, Labor and Economic DevelopmentFunding for the Family Foundations home visitation program and making an appropriationSB 701 · this session · introduced Dec 2, 2025
S - Available for SchedulingThe use of oral fluids for preliminary screening of a person suspected of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicatedSB 678 · this session · introduced Nov 20, 2025
S - Enacted into lawCreating a crime of grooming a child for sexual activity and providing a penaltySB 671 · this session · introduced Nov 20, 2025
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Notifying counties and tribes of an exceedance of groundwater protection standards or standards for PFASSB 628 · this session · introduced Nov 14, 2025
S - Available for SchedulingCoverage under the Medical Assistance program for incarcerated individualsSB 598 · this session · introduced Oct 30, 2025
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Allowing chiropractors to perform school employee health examinationsSB 561 · this session · introduced Oct 24, 2025
S - HealthProviding utility aid payments for certain energy storage facilitiesSB 556 · this session · introduced Oct 17, 2025
S - Enacted into lawIntentionally disarming a correctional officer and providing a penaltySB 533 · this session · introduced Oct 15, 2025
S - Enacted into lawRaising the legal age for sale, purchase, and possession of cigarettes and nicotine and tobacco products; providing a legal age for sale, purchase, and possession of electronic vaping devices; and providing a penaltySB 524 · this session · introduced Oct 9, 2025
S - Available for SchedulingThe operation of drones over school property and providing a penaltySB 519 · this session · introduced Oct 9, 2025
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)A nuclear energy generation tax credit; prioritizing nuclear energy resources; approval of certain electric tariffs for very large customers; and authorizing electric utilities to recover certain precertification costs tSB 502 · this session · introduced Oct 2, 2025
S - Utilities, Technology and TourismCoverage of nonopioid drug alternatives for the treatment and management of painSB 492 · this session · introduced Oct 2, 2025
S - Available for SchedulingVideo monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilitiesSB 485 · this session · introduced Oct 2, 2025
S - Enacted into lawA workforce home loan programSB 476 · this session · introduced Oct 2, 2025
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Age for the issuance of a Missing Child AlertSB 466 · this session · introduced Oct 2, 2025
S - Enacted into lawRegisters of deeds, transportation project plats, and providing a penaltySB 449 · this session · introduced Sep 29, 2025
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)The use of videoconferencing technology in certain civil actionsSB 448 · this session · introduced Sep 29, 2025
S - Enacted into lawRequirements for the rental of mobile and manufactured homesSB 427 · this session · introduced Sep 12, 2025
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Registration of trailers used for transporting manufactured housing unitsSB 426 · this session · introduced Sep 12, 2025
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Requiring reports on disturbed burial sitesSB 416 · this session · introduced Sep 4, 2025
S - Judiciary and Public SafetyPassing certain vehicles stopped on or near a highway and providing a penaltySB 409 · this session · introduced Sep 4, 2025
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Grant program for an integrated mental health facilitySB 407 · this session · introduced Aug 29, 2025
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Creating a Task Force on Missing and Murdered African American Women and Girls and making an appropriationSB 404 · this session · introduced Aug 28, 2025
S - Available for SchedulingSchool bus operation by drivers over 70 and drivers with medical conditionsSB 393 · this session · introduced Aug 25, 2025
S - Available for SchedulingDriver education instruction related to school bus safetySB 392 · this session · introduced Aug 25, 2025
S - Enacted into lawEquipment of school buses with audiovisual recording devicesSB 391 · this session · introduced Aug 25, 2025
S - Enacted into lawCrime victim notification cardsSB 372 · this session · introduced Jul 16, 2025
S - Judiciary and Public SafetyThe minimum age of assistant child care teachersSB 359 · this session · introduced Jun 27, 2025
S - Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and FamiliesSmall law enforcement agency grant pilot programSB 318 · this session · introduced Jun 11, 2025
S - Judiciary and Public SafetyRequiring cardiac emergency response plans for cardiac emergencies that occur on school property or at school-sponsored athletic eventsSB 317 · this session · introduced Jun 11, 2025
S - Available for SchedulingImmunity for 911 call centers and dispatchers that transfer callers to the national 988 Suicide and Crisis LifelineSB 309 · this session · introduced Jun 4, 2025
S - Enacted into lawA grant to assist in the purchase and renovation of an existing facility in the city of Chippewa Falls to provide a 50-bed treatment center to men with substance use disordersSB 308 · this session · introduced Jun 2, 2025
S - Available for Scheduling988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline grantsSB 307 · this session · introduced Jun 2, 2025
S - Available for SchedulingProvision of virtual mental health services for students at certain UW System institutionsSB 306 · this session · introduced Jun 2, 2025
S - Available for SchedulingGrants for technical colleges to provide mapping data to law enforcementSB 303 · this session · introduced Jun 2, 2025
S - Available for SchedulingA grant program for the purchase of automated registration plate reader systemsSB 299 · this session · introduced May 30, 2025
S - Judiciary and Public SafetyPublic protective services hearing protection assistanceSB 283 · this session · introduced May 29, 2025
S - Enacted into lawThe membership of the Controlled Substances BoardSB 274 · this session · introduced May 21, 2025
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Certification of surgical technologistsSB 260 · this session · introduced May 20, 2025
S - HealthRegulation of the Chippewa and Flambeau Improvement CompanySB 255 · this session · introduced May 9, 2025
S - Enacted into lawA pilot school-centered mental health programSB 245 · this session · introduced May 9, 2025
S - Available for SchedulingProhibiting hotels, inns, and motels from discriminating against dog handlers who are accompanied by search and rescue dogsSB 239 · this session · introduced May 9, 2025
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Harassment of search and rescue dogs and providing a penaltySB 238 · this session · introduced May 9, 2025
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)A sales and use tax exemption for equipment associated with the use of a search and rescue dogSB 237 · this session · introduced May 9, 2025
S - Available for SchedulingTampering with telecommunication or electric wires and providing a penaltySB 236 · this session · introduced May 9, 2025
S - TabledGrants to child advocacy centersSB 232 · this session · introduced Apr 29, 2025
S - Enacted into lawThe law enforcement officers’ bill of rightsSB 227 · this session · introduced Apr 29, 2025
A - RulesExtortion, sexual extortion, and providing a penaltySB 222 · this session · introduced Apr 25, 2025
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Fatality review teams and granting rule-making authoritySB 192 · this session · introduced Apr 14, 2025
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Requiring a subpoena to a law enforcement officer or tribal law enforcement officer served in official capacity to be served at the officer’s work addressSB 191 · this session · introduced Apr 14, 2025
S - Enacted into lawRequiring child sexual abuse prevention educationSB 171 · this session · introduced Apr 3, 2025
S - Available for SchedulingIncome change notifications for child support or maintenance ordersSB 163 · this session · introduced Mar 27, 2025
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)Classification of the crime of impersonating law enforcement officers, fire fighters, and certain other emergency personnel and providing a penaltySB 132 · this session · introduced Mar 14, 2025
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)A transition to grazing pilot program and making an appropriationSB 113 · this session · introduced Mar 7, 2025
S - Agriculture and RevenueUtilization management controls for antipsychotic prescription drugs under the Medical Assistance programSB 83 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2025
S - Available for SchedulingVenue for actions in which there is a governmental partySB 75 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2025
S - Judiciary and Public SafetyProsecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitutionSB 73 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2025
S - Judiciary and Public SafetyCreating an individual income tax deduction for certain income earned by an individual from the practice of psychiatry or from providing psychiatric or mental health servicesSB 72 · this session · introduced Feb 26, 2025
S - Agriculture and RevenueSchool safety grants and making an appropriationSB 41 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2025
A - RulesEstablishment of a Palliative Care CouncilSB 39 · this session · introduced Feb 12, 2025
S - Available for SchedulingExtension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum womenSB 23 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
S - Enacted into lawCreating an employee ownership conversion costs tax credit, a deduction for capital gains from the transfer of a business to employee ownership, and an employee ownership education and outreach programSB 21 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
S - Agriculture and RevenueSpecial circumstances battery to a community service officer and providing a penaltySB 17 · this session · introduced Feb 5, 2025
S - Judiciary and Public SafetyHow they voted
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