Senate Bill 109
Full-time open enrollment to attend a fully virtual program offered by a nonresident school district during the 2021-22 school year. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 29, 2021. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Feb 16, 2021
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Mar 16, 2021
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Mar 17, 2021
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2021 Wisconsin Act 18
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 29, 2021: “Published 3-27-2021”
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Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
What it does
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
3 senators are its . All 3 are Republicans.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (6)
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
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.
Senate Committee on Education vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Mar 9, 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 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 29, 2021
The new law was published.
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Mar 29, 2021
The governor signed it. It became 2021 Wisconsin Act 18.
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Mar 25, 2021
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 17, 2021
The Assembly passed it too.
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Mar 17, 2021
“Read” (the official wording)
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Mar 17, 2021
The Assembly received it.
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Mar 16, 2021
The Senate passed it.
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Mar 9, 2021
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Mar 3, 2021 to Mar 4, 2021
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 23, 2021
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 23, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 16, 2021
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Feb 16, 2021
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 16, 2021 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Testin and Feyen; cosponsored by Representatives Duchow, Kitchens, Thiesfeldt and Skowronski
- Feb 16, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Feb 23, 2021 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 23, 2021 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 3, 2021 · Senate
Representative Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
- Mar 4, 2021 · Senate
Representative Ramthun added as a cosponsor
- Mar 4, 2021 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Mar 9, 2021 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Mar 9, 2021 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 12, 2021 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-16-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 16, 2021 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 16, 2021 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 16, 2021 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Mar 16, 2021 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Mar 16, 2021 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly
Read
- Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 17, 2021 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Mar 24, 2021 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Mar 25, 2021 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 3-25-2021
- Mar 29, 2021 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 3-26-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 18
- Mar 29, 2021 · Senate
Published 3-27-2021
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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