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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 1046

The membership of the Cosmetology Examining Board

Topics: Cosmetology

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 26, 2026

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform. The committee's chair at the time was Shae Sortwell. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 1030. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, the Cosmetology Examining Board, which licenses and regulates cosmetologists, aestheticians, electrologists, and manicurists, consists of nine members, including two representatives of cosmetology schools, four members who are licensed either as aestheticians or cosmetologists, one member who is licensed as an electrologist, and two public members. This bill adds a licensed manicurist to the membership of the board and removes one public member.

Who's behind it

4 representatives are its ⁠. All 4 are Democrats.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 6 names

Authors (4)

Signed on in support (2)

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 19, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Feb 26, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform.

  4. Feb 26, 2026

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 26, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives J. Jacobson, Prado, Tenorio and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senator L. Johnson

  2. Feb 26, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform

  3. Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor