Senate Bill 606
Requiring school boards to make textbooks, curricula, and instructional materials available for inspection by school district residents
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Oct 30, 2023
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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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, Apr 15, 2024: “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
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires a school board to comply with a school district resident's written request to inspect a textbook, curriculum, or instructional material within 14 days.
Under the bill, a school board must comply with a school district resident's written request to inspect curricula or instructional materials used in a school in the school district by no later than 14 days after the school board receives the written request. The bill also requires each school board to adopt procedures under which the school board is able to produce for inspection any curriculum or instructional material used in a school in the school district in fewer than 14 days. The bill defines “curriculum” as a curriculum plan adopted by a school board to comply with state law and defines “instructional material” as any course content or resource included in a curriculum.
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Similarly, the bill requires a school board to comply with a school district resident's written request to inspect a textbook on the school board's list of adopted textbooks by no later than 14 days after the school board receives the written request.
Under the bill, a school board must also adopt procedures under which the school board is capable of producing for inspection any textbook included on the school board's list of adopted textbooks in no more than 14 days. Current law requires each school board to adopt all textbooks necessary for use in schools in the school district and file a list of adopted textbooks with the school district clerk. Under the bill, each school board must also post the list of adopted textbooks on the school board's website.
Finally, the bill specifies that nothing in the bill may be construed to require a school board to take an action that would violate federal copyright law and that the bill does not limit any rights a school district resident has to inspect or copy records under open records law.
Who's behind it
5 lawmakers are its . All 5 are Republicans.
17 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (17)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Binsfeld · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Joy Goeben · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Tom Michalski · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Amanda Nedweski · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Nik Rettinger · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 31, 2023 to Feb 20, 2024
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Oct 30, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Oct 30, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 30, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Knodl, Ballweg, Cabral-Guevara, Nass and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Dittrich, Nedweski, O'Connor, Magnafici, Michalski, Gundrum, Murphy, Allen, Goeben, Binsfeld, Brandtjen, Behnke, Wichgers, Rozar and Rettinger
- Oct 30, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Oct 31, 2023 · Senate
Representative Moses added as a cosponsor
- Feb 20, 2024 · Senate
Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
- Apr 15, 2024 · 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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