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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 156

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Relating to: requiring child sexual abuse prevention education. (FE)

Children — Abuse and neglect School — Curriculum Sex crimes

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Beginning in the 2026-27 school year, this bill requires each school board to provide a child sexual abuse prevention instructional program to pupils in grades four-year-old kindergarten to 12. Under the bill, each school board must include various topics in its child sexual abuse prevention instructional program, including 1) age-appropriated facts about sexual abuse; 2) how to communicate incidents of sexual abuse to trustworthy adults; 3) how to set and respect personal boundaries; and 4) information about giving and receiving consent. Annually before offering the child sexual abuse prevention instructional program to a pupil, the bill requires that each school board provide a pupil’s parent or guardian with information related to the instructional program, including approximately when it will be provided to the pupil, an explanation of how to opt out of the instructional program, an outline of the instructional program for the pupil’s specific grade, and facts and clear explanations related to specific child sexual abuse topics. Lastly, under the bill, a pupil’s parent or guardian may opt the pupil out of the instructional program by filing a written request with the pupil’s teacher or principal.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Behnke (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Gundrum (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kreibich (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Snyder (R) , Subeck (D)

10 cosponsors

Cabral-Guevara (R) , J. Jacobson (D) , Jacque (R) , James (R) , Joers and Stubbs , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Udell (D) , Wanggaard (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 5

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 Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 2

Passed 7–2 May 29, 2025 official source full page

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

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 43

Passed 54–43 Nov 19, 2025 official source full page

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

Assembly: SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND

Passed 55–42 Nov 19, 2025 official source full page

Aye · 55

Nay · 42

Not voting · 2

Full history

  1. Apr 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Gundrum, Snyder, Dittrich, Behnke, Donovan, Kitchens, Kreibich, Moses, Mursau, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators James, Jacque, Cabral-Guevara and Spreitzer

  2. Apr 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

  3. Apr 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Udell added as a coauthor

  4. Apr 18, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. May 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Spiros added as a coauthor

  6. May 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. May 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Senator Wanggaard added as a cosponsor

  8. May 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor

  9. May 21, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Snodgrass withdrawn as a coauthor

  10. May 21, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  11. May 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 2

  12. May 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  13. Sep 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  14. Oct 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

  15. Nov 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules

  16. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  17. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Representatives Joers and Stubbs added as coauthors

  18. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Billings

  19. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 43

  20. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Vining

  21. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Point of order that Assembly Amendment 2 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  22. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  23. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 55, Noes 42

  24. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  26. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  27. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Nov 20, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  29. Nov 20, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  30. Nov 20, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  31. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1