Assembly Bill 118
Full-time open enrollment to attend a fully virtual program offered by a nonresident school district during the 2021-22 school year. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 24, 2021
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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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
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
During the 2021-22 school year, this bill allows a pupil to attend a fully virtual option offered by a nonresident school board or a charter school located in a nonresident school district under the full-time open enrollment program. Under the bill, a fully virtual option is an option offered by a school board or a charter school under which a pupil receives all of his or her instruction through the Internet and the pupil and the instructional staff member providing the instruction are geographically remote from each other. The bill specifies that a fully virtual option is located in the school district governed by the school board that offers the option of the school district in which the charter school offering the option is located.
Under current law, a pupil may attend a public school in a nonresident school district under the full-time open enrollment program. Current law does not specify where a virtual program other than a virtual charter school is located for purposes of the full-time open enrollment program.
Who's behind it
4 representatives are its . All 4 are Republicans.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Ramthun and Vruwink
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Education vote to recommend it
Passed, 14 to 0 · Mar 11, 2021
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 11, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 11, 2021
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 0.
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Mar 4, 2021
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Mar 4, 2021
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 3, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 2, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 24, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Feb 24, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 24, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Kitchens, Thiesfeldt and Skowronski; cosponsored by Senators Ballweg, Testin and Feyen
- Feb 24, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Mar 2, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Spreitzer added as a coauthor
- Mar 3, 2021 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 4, 2021 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 4, 2021 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Mar 4, 2021 · Assembly
- Mar 11, 2021 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- Mar 11, 2021 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 11, 2021 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 3-17-2021 by Committee on Rules
- Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Mar 15, 2022 · 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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote