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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 115

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Relating to: requiring one-half credit of personal financial literacy for high school graduation. (FE)

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  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  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

Under current law, a school board may grant a high school diploma to a pupil

only if the pupil meets specific statutory requirements, including earning a certain

number of credits in various subjects in the high school grades. Beginning with

pupils graduating in 2028, this bill requires that, to graduate high school, a pupil

must earn at least one-half credit of personal financial literacy that includes

financial mindset, education and employment, money management, saving and

investing, credit and debt, and risk management and insurance.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Ballweg (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Feyen (R) , Hesselbein (D) , James (R) , Marklein (R) , Stafsholt (R) , Testin (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Wanggaard (R)

47 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Behnke (R) , Binsfeld (R) , Bodden (R) , Cabrera (D) , Callahan (R) , Cowles (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Doyle (D) , Drake (D) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kurtz (R) , Magnafici (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Myers (D) , Nedweski (R) , Neylon (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Penterman (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Rettinger (R) , Rozar (R) , Schraa (R) , Schutt (R) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Summerfield (R) , Tranel (R) , Tusler (R) , Zimmerman (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 2

Passed 5–2 Aug 15, 2023 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Mar 8, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Stafsholt, Agard, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Hesselbein, James, Marklein, Testin, Tomczyk and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Dallman, Penterman, Allen, Behnke, Binsfeld, Bodden, Callahan, Dittrich, Doyle, Duchow, Edming, Green, Gundrum, Jacobson, Joers, Kitchens, Knodl, Krug, Kurtz, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, Neylon, Novak, O'Connor, Ohnstad, Petryk, Plumer, Rettinger, Rozar, Schutt, Sinicki, Steffen, Subeck, Summerfield, Tranel, Tusler, Zimmerman and Schraa

  2. Mar 8, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Mar 8, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Cowles added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 21, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 30, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Drake added as a cosponsor

  6. Apr 18, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Myers added as a cosponsor

  7. May 18, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor

  8. May 22, 2023 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Ballweg

  9. May 22, 2023 · Senate

    LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)

  10. May 23, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  11. Jun 7, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Cabrera added as a cosponsor

  12. Aug 15, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  13. Aug 15, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 2

  14. Aug 15, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  15. Sep 14, 2023 · Senate

    Senator Spreitzer added as a coauthor

  16. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1