Assembly Bill 72
Waiving the Foundations of Reading test licensure requirement during a national health emergency declared in response to COVID-19
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 18, 2021
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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, Mar 15, 2022: “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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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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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 the bill, the requirement that applicants for certain initial teaching licenses pass the Foundations of Reading test does not apply to applications for initial teaching licenses received by the Department of Public Instruction beginning on the date the bill becomes law and ending on the date the national emergency declared by the U.S. president in response to the 2019 novel coronavirus terminates or December 31, 2021, whichever is earlier. Under current law, DPI may not issue a license to an applicant for an initial license to teach grades kindergarten to five, an initial license to teach special education, an initial license as a reading teacher, or an initial license as a reading specialist unless the applicant passes the Foundations of Reading test.
Who's behind it
24 lawmakers are its . 23 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (24)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- LaKeshia Myers · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Sara Rodriguez · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (9)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 18, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Feb 18, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives L. Myers, Tranel, Bowen, Pope, Hebl, Vruwink, Emerson, Baldeh, Sinicki, Considine, Billings, Stubbs, Conley, Ohnstad, Neubauer, Goyke, Anderson, Shankland, Shelton, Hesselbein, S. Rodriguez, Subeck, Drake and Andraca; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Kooyenga, L. Taylor, Johnson, Smith, Carpenter, Bewley, Wirch and Ringhand
- Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- 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.
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