Assembly Bill 1003
The voluntary surrender of a license issued by the Department of Public Instruction during an investigation of immoral conduct, prohibited agreements related to information related to an investigation of immoral conduct, and records related to an investigation of immoral conduct
Topics: Public Instruction, Department of, Public record, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Teacher: Certificate
Passed the Assembly, then stopped
The Assembly passed it on Feb 19, 2026, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to . The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 3, 2026
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 19, 2026
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 999. That version died when the session ended.
Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
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
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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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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 would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under this bill, if the Department of Public Instruction investigates an individual who holds a license issued by DPI 1) for immoral conduct or 2) because DPI receives a report that the licensee has been dismissed or their employment contract has not been renewed based in whole or in part on evidence that the licensee engaged in immoral conduct, DPI is prohibited from ending the investigation without a determination about whether to proceed with revocation or terminating a subsequent revocation hearing unless the licensee permanently surrenders the license and waives the licensee’s appeal rights related to the investigation and revocation hearing. Additionally, if a licensee surrenders a license under these circumstances, DPI must post on its website the name of the licensee, that the license is surrendered permanently, and that the surrender occurred during an investigation related to immoral conduct. With regard to a license, the bill defines “surrender” as voluntarily relinquishing a license for an amount of time.
Under current law, during an investigation of a licensee, DPI must keep all information related to the investigation confidential, except DPI must post on its website the name of the individual who is being investigated. Upon completion of the investigation, DPI’s records related to the investigation are subject to open records laws. Under the bill, if the result of a completed investigation of a licensee for immoral conduct is revocation or permanent surrender, DPI must provide records related to the investigation by no later than 14 days after receiving an open records request for the records. Additionally, the bill expressly states that the open records exception for certain information in an individual’s personnel file does not apply to a request made to DPI for these records.
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Lastly, the bill prohibits the state superintendent of public instruction from entering into any agreement that 1) has the effect of suppressing or destroying information related to an investigation of immoral conduct by a licensee or 2) requires the state superintendent or DPI to expunge or keep confidential information about substantiated allegations or findings of immoral conduct by a licensee.
Who's behind it
11 representatives are its . All 11 are Republicans.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Joy Goeben · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Amanda Nedweski · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Piwowarczyk · Republican, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Education vote to recommend it
Passed, 10 to 3 · Feb 11, 2026
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 10, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 25, 2026
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Feb 23, 2026
The Senate received it.
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Feb 19, 2026
The Assembly passed it.
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Feb 11, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 11, 2026
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 3.
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Feb 5, 2026 to Feb 6, 2026
1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Feb 5, 2026
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 4, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 3, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.
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Feb 3, 2026
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Nedweski, Behnke, Dittrich, Gundrum, Murphy, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Steffen, Tusler, Wichgers and Goeben; cosponsored by Senators James and Jacque
- Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Knodl added as a coauthor
- Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly
LRB correction
- Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Duchow added as a coauthor
- Feb 6, 2026 · Assembly
Senator Nass added as a cosponsor
- Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 10, Noes 3
- Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 12:02 PM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
- Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 23, 2026 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Feb 25, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
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
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
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote