Senate Bill 825
Lifetime licenses issued by the Department of Public Instruction and granting rule-making authority
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
Feb 21, 2018
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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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Author
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Signed on in support
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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.
Under current law, the requirements for the Department of Public Instruction to issue a lifetime license to a provisional license holder are 1) the provisional license holder must successfully complete six semesters of teaching, administrator, or pupil services experience and 2) the school board of each school district in which the provisional license holder served as a teacher, administrator, or pupil services professional must certify to DPI that the semesters completed by the provisional license holder in that school district were completed successfully. This bill requires DPI to define by rule what it means to successfully complete a semester of experience and eliminates the requirement that school boards certify successful completion of semesters of experience.
Under current law, if an individual who holds a lifetime license is not actively employed by a school district for five or more consecutive years, DPI must invalidate the lifetime license. Under the bill, DPI must invalidate a lifetime license if the lifetime license holder is not regularly employed in education for five or more consecutive years. The bill requires DPI to define “regularly employed in education” by rule.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . All 4 are Republicans.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Scott L. Fitzgerald · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (5)
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 21, 2018
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Feb 21, 2018
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 21, 2018 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Fitzgerald, Vukmir, Darling and Olsen; cosponsored by Representatives Nygren, Felzkowski, Jagler, Kooyenga and Thiesfeldt
- Feb 21, 2018 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Mar 28, 2018 · Senate
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