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SB 941WISCONSINSession 2025State Billdead
Did Not Advance

Wisconsin SB 941 creates data efficiency committee and mandates interagency study

Original title: An Act Relating to: an enterprise-wide data and efficiency study. (FE)

Last action · March 23, 2026: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1Sponsors: Patrick Testin and 10 others

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What This Bill Proposed

Wisconsin SB 941 establishes a joint legislative Data Efficiency Study Steering Committee to hire an outside firm for a comprehensive study on state government . No later than December 31, 2026, the committee must submit a report with findings and recommendations to legislative standing committees before dissolving.

Why it matters

Establishes a temporary 6-member steering committee and mandates an external study on state data sharing practices, with potential recommendations for establishing a chief data officer, a centralized data analytics office, or standardized consumer-facing website templates across state agencies.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

State agencies

State agencies must cooperate with the steering committee and contracted firm for the study and may see changes to data sharing frameworks or website templates.

Directly affected

Department of Revenue

Appoints a representative to serve on the Data Efficiency Study Steering Committee.

Directly affected

Department of Administration

Appoints a representative to serve on the Data Efficiency Study Steering Committee.

Key Facts

  • Creates the Data Efficiency Study Steering Committee composed of six members including legislative appointees and representatives from the Department of Revenue and Department of Administration.
  • Requires the steering committee to contract with an experienced, nonstate firm to study interagency data sharing practices within state government.
  • Directs the contracted firm to assess existing statutory and regulatory frameworks governing data sharing across state agencies.
  • Mandates the firm to evaluate strategies for efficiency, including shared platforms, technology consolidation, and external data warehousing solutions.
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  • Requires the evaluation of a standard template and design for consumer-facing state agency websites.
  • Requires the committee to submit a report of findings and recommendations to legislative standing committees no later than December 31, 2026, after which the committee dissolves.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who serves on the Data Efficiency Study Steering Committee?
The committee consists of one representative appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one appointed by the assembly minority leader, one senator appointed by the president of the senate, one senator appointed by the senate minority leader, a representative of the Department of Revenue, and a representative of the Department of Administration.
What is the final deadline for the committee's report?
No later than December 31, 2026, the steering committee must submit a report of findings and recommendations to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature.

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Failed in the Senate.

Procedural history

7 actions
  1. Mar 23, 2026Senate
    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Feb 26, 2026Senate
    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
  3. Feb 17, 2026Senate
    Fiscal estimate received
  4. Feb 17, 2026Senate
    Fiscal estimate received
  5. Feb 12, 2026Senate
    Representative Stubbs withdrawn as a cosponsor
  6. Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroduced
    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
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  1. Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroduced
    Introduced by Senators Testin and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Bare, Armstrong, Andraca, Nedweski, Neylon, Murphy and Stubbs

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Sponsors

Patrick TestinSenate · District 24RepublicanPrimary sponsor
Kelda RoysSenate · District 26DemocraticPrimary sponsor
O'ConnorSenatePrimary sponsorNo profile match
PiwowarczykSenatePrimary sponsorNo profile match
BareSenatePrimary sponsorNo profile match
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ArmstrongSenatePrimary sponsorNo profile match
AndracaSenatePrimary sponsorNo profile match
NedweskiSenatePrimary sponsorNo profile match
NeylonSenatePrimary sponsorNo profile match
MurphySenatePrimary sponsorNo profile match
StubbsSenatePrimary sponsorNo profile match

Connected Entities

Data Efficiency Study Steering Committee, Department of Administration, Department of Revenue
OrganizationData Efficiency Study Steering Committee“Joint legislative committee created to oversee the data efficiency study”Map →
OrganizationDepartment of Administration“State agency appointing a representative to the steering committee”Map →
OrganizationDepartment of Revenue“State agency appointing a representative to the steering committee”Map →

Sources

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docs.legis.wisconsin.gov

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