Senate Bill 431
Incorporating cursive writing into the state model English language arts standards and requiring cursive writing in elementary grades. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jun 24, 2021
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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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 15, 2022: “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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Committee
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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
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 would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires the state superintendent of public instruction to incorporate cursive writing into the model academic standards for English language arts. The bill also requires all school boards, independent charter schools, and private schools participating in a parental choice program to include cursive writing in its respective curriculum for the elementary grades. Specifically, each elementary school curriculum must include the objective that pupils be able to write legibly in cursive by the end of fifth grade.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . 5 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
16 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (16)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- LaKeshia Myers · Democrat, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · 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, 4 to 3 · Sep 24, 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 4, Noes 3”. 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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Sep 24, 2021
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 3.
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Jul 12, 2021 to Aug 4, 2021
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jul 1, 2021
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 24, 2021
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Jun 24, 2021
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jun 24, 2021 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Darling, Nass, Marklein, L. Taylor and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Armstrong, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Edming, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Rozar, Tusler, Schraa and Knodl
- Jun 24, 2021 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Jul 1, 2021 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jul 12, 2021 · Senate
Representative Wichgers added as a cosponsor
- Jul 21, 2021 · Senate
Representative L. Myers added as a cosponsor
- Aug 4, 2021 · Senate
Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor
- Sep 23, 2021 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Sep 24, 2021 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 3
- Sep 24, 2021 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 15, 2022 · 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.
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