Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: a lifetime license that authorizes an individual to teach an American Indian language in an American Indian language program and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Public Instruction. (FE)
Administrative rules — Revisions Indians and tribal issues Public instruction department of School — Curriculum Teacher — Certificate
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill is explained in the
Notes
provided by the Joint Legislative Council in the bill.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Introduced by: Joint Legislative Council
1 cosponsors
Ortiz-Velez, Miresse and Stroud
Registered lobbying interests · 3
Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record
Votes
Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 11, Noes 0
Passed 11–0 Jan 14, 2026 official source full pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Full history
- Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Joint Legislative Council
- Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 17, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 11, Noes 0
- Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly
Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
- Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly
Representatives Ortiz-Velez, Miresse and Stroud added as coauthors
- Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Feb 20, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Feb 20, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1