Assembly Bill 232
Directing school boards to provide instruction on Hmong Americans and Asian Americans
Became law
The governor signed it on Apr 5, 2024. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Apr 20, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 20, 2024
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Mar 12, 2024
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2023 Wisconsin Act 266
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 5, 2024: “Published 4-5-2024”
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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
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.
Current law requires each school board to provide an instructional program designed to give pupils an understanding of human relations, particularly with regard to American Indians, Black Americans, and Hispanics. This bill directs school boards to include in that instructional program information related to understanding human relations with regard to Hmong Americans and Asian Americans.
Who's behind it
32 lawmakers are its . 24 are Democrats and 8 are Republicans.
18 more lawmakers .
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Authors (32)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristina Shelton · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (18)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Bare and Billings
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Tip McGuire · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Education vote to recommend it
Passed, 13 to 0 · Jan 18, 2024
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 13, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 11, 2024
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 5, 2024
The new law was published.
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Apr 5, 2024
The governor signed it. It became 2023 Wisconsin Act 266.
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Apr 1, 2024
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 12, 2024
The Senate passed it too.
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Mar 11, 2024
“Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)
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Mar 7, 2024
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 6, 2024
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Feb 21, 2024
The Senate received it.
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Feb 20, 2024
The Assembly passed it.
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Jan 18, 2024
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jan 18, 2024
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 13 to 0.
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Jun 5, 2023 to Nov 21, 2023
5 more representatives and 4 senators signed on in support.
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May 25, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 26, 2023 to May 3, 2023
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Apr 20, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Apr 20, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 20, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Snyder, Tusler, Hong, Shankland, C. Anderson, Andraca, Armstrong, Baldeh, Behnke, Cabrera, Clancy, Conley, Considine, Donovan, Doyle, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Jacobson, Joers, Kitchens, Madison, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining, Sinicki, Allen and Shelton; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, James, Agard, Cabral-Guevara, Pfaff and Spreitzer
- Apr 20, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Apr 26, 2023 · Assembly
- May 3, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
- May 25, 2023 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jun 5, 2023 · Assembly
Senator Hesselbein added as a cosponsor
- Aug 1, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor
- Aug 2, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Ohnstad added as a coauthor
- Aug 28, 2023 · Assembly
Senator Larson added as a cosponsor
- Sep 18, 2023 · Assembly
Representative McGuire added as a coauthor
- Oct 10, 2023 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Oct 30, 2023 · Assembly
Senator L. Johnson added as a cosponsor
- Nov 1, 2023 · Assembly
Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
- Nov 13, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Riemer added as a coauthor
- Nov 21, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Haywood added as a coauthor
- Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- Jan 18, 2024 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 21, 2024 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Mar 6, 2024 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Mar 6, 2024 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 7, 2024 · Senate
Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor
- Mar 11, 2024 · Senate
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Mar 11, 2024 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-12-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 12, 2024 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 12, 2024 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 12, 2024 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Mar 12, 2024 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in
- Mar 12, 2024 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 12, 2024 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Mar 18, 2024 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2024
- Apr 1, 2024 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2024
- Apr 5, 2024 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 4-4-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 266
- Apr 5, 2024 · Assembly
Published 4-5-2024
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
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote