Assembly Bill 618
Requiring a private school participating in a parental choice program to report suspensions and expulsions of pupils
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Dec 29, 2015
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires a private school participating in a parental choice program to annually report to the Department of Public Instruction all of the following information related to suspensions and expulsions of pupils from the private school:
1. The number of pupils who were suspended from the private school during the previous school year.
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2. The number of pupils who were expelled from the private school during the previous school year.
3. The reasons for which pupils were suspended or expelled from the private school in the previous school year.
4. The length of time for which the pupils were expelled.
5. Whether pupils who were expelled returned to the private school after expulsions.
6. Any educational programs or services the private school provided to pupils during expulsions.
7. The grade, sex, and ethnicity of pupils who were suspended or expelled and whether the suspended or expelled pupils are children with disabilities.
Who's behind it
24 lawmakers are its . All 24 are Democrats.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (24)
- Mandela Barnes · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Dec 29, 2015
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Dec 29, 2015
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 29, 2015 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Pope, Barnes, Genrich, Considine, Sinicki, Sargent, Kolste, Billings, Mason, Ohnstad, Milroy, Jorgensen, Riemer, Goyke, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Bowen, Wachs, C. Taylor, Shankland, Subeck, Johnson, Kahl and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators C. Larson, Carpenter, L. Taylor, Vinehout, Wirch and Harris Dodd
- Dec 29, 2015 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor