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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

SB 409

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Relating to: anti-racism and anti-sexism student instruction and anti-racism and anti-sexism training for employees at the University of Wisconsin System and the Technical College System. (FE)

Court — Procedure Discrimination Technical college University of wisconsin University of wisconsin — Employee University of wisconsin — Faculty

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, stopped here
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits race and sex stereotyping in instruction provided to students

in University of Wisconsin System institutions and Technical College System

technical colleges and in training provided to employees of the University of

Wisconsin System and technical colleges.

Under the bill, the institutions and technical colleges shall not allow

instruction to students that promotes race or sex stereotyping in any course or as

part of any curriculum and shall not require an employee to attend a training that

teaches, advocates, acts upon, or promotes race or sex stereotyping. Among the

concepts that are prohibited to be taught under the bill are the following: that one

race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex and that an individual, by

virtue of the individual's race or sex, bears responsibility for acts committed in the

past by other individuals of the same race or sex. The institutions and technical

colleges must post all course syllabuses, including updates to the syllabuses, on their

websites.

The bill provides that the Board of Regents of the UW System and the Technical

College System Board shall withhold from a violating institution or technical college

10 percent of certain state aid that would have otherwise been allocated to that

institution or technical college. The bill also allows a student or employee of an

institution or technical college to issue a complaint to the Board of Regents or the

Technical College System Board regarding an alleged violation of the bill, and to file

a civil action seeking declaratory or injunctive relief regarding an alleged violation

of the bill. If the student or employee is successful in the civil action, the court shall

award the student or employee attorney fees.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Jacque (R) , Nass (R)

21 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Armstrong (R) , Behnke (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Dittrich (R) , Gundrum (R) , Horlacher (R) , Knodl (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Magnafici (R) , Murphy (R) , Ramthun (R) , Rozar (R) , Schraa (R) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Steffen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Feb 16, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 4

Passed 5–4 Feb 16, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Refused to reconsider vote by which Senate Bill 409 passed offered by Senator LeMahieu, Ayes 13, Noes 20

Failed 13–20 Feb 22, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 60–32 Feb 22, 2022 official source full page

Aye · 60

Assembly: CONCURRENCE

Passed 60–33 Feb 22, 2022 official source full page

Aye · 60

Senate: Refused to refer to committee on Senate Organization, Ayes 12, Noes 21

Failed 12–21 Feb 22, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 32

Passed 60–32 Feb 22, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 32

Passed 60–32 Feb 22, 2022 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: CALL THE QUESTION

Passed 21–12 Feb 22, 2022 official source full page

Senate: PASSAGE

Passed 21–12 Feb 22, 2022 official source full page

Full history

  1. Jun 10, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Jacque and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Gundrum, Allen, Behnke, Brandtjen, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Horlacher, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, Murphy, Ramthun, Rozar, Skowronski, Sortwell, Wichgers, Thiesfeldt, Armstrong and Tusler

  2. Jun 10, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges

  3. Jun 17, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Schraa added as a cosponsor

  4. Jun 28, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor

  5. Oct 8, 2021 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Nov 22, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque

  7. Feb 10, 2022 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  8. Feb 16, 2022 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Feb 16, 2022 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. Feb 16, 2022 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  11. Feb 16, 2022 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 4

  12. Feb 18, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  13. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  15. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  17. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Read a third time

  18. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Move to call the question, Ayes 21, Noes 12

  19. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Refused to refer to committee on Senate Organization, Ayes 12, Noes 21

  20. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Passed, Ayes 21, Noes 12

  21. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Refused to reconsider vote by which Senate Bill 409 passed offered by Senator LeMahieu, Ayes 13, Noes 20

  22. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Messaged

  23. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  24. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Read

  25. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up

  26. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  27. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Stubbs, Haywood, Baldeh, Drake, Moore Omokunde, Anderson, Billings, Brostoff, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Goyke, Hong, B. Meyers, Neubauer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Subeck, Vining and Vruwink

  28. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representatives L. Myers, Stubbs, Baldeh, Drake, Haywood, Moore Omokunde, Anderson, Billings, Brostoff, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Goyke, Hong, B. Meyers, Neubauer, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Subeck, Vining and Vruwink

  29. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Hong, Shankland, Anderson, Baldeh, Billings, Brostoff, Conley, Considine, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Haywood, B. Meyers, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, S. Rodriguez, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining and Vruwink

  30. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 32

  31. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 32

  32. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  33. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  34. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 60, Noes 32

  35. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  36. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  37. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 60, Noes 33, Paired 2

  38. Feb 22, 2022 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  39. Feb 22, 2022 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  40. Feb 25, 2022 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  41. Apr 14, 2022 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-14-2022

  42. Apr 15, 2022 · Senate

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-15-2022

  43. May 17, 2022 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 5-17-2022 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  44. May 17, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82