Assembly Bill 235
Workforce literacy grant program. (FE)
Topics: Employment, Literacy, Organization, Miscellaneous, Workforce Development, Department of
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. 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
May 2, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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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 pass pursuant to ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 240. That version died when the session ended.
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires the Department of Workforce Development to establish a program to award a grant annually to provide workforce literacy services in this state. To be eligible to receive the grant, an organization must be a nonprofit entity located in this state that provides or supports adult literacy services or community-based literacy programs in over half of Wisconsin’s counties. An organization that receives a grant may use the money to teach workforce readiness skills, basic literacy skills, and digital literacy, to provide GED and HSED preparation and testing, to provide other literacy programs related to building and strengthening the state’s workforce, or to provide training, programming, supplies, materials, or other professional support to an organization that provides direct adult literacy services.
Who's behind it
7 representatives are its . All 7 are Republicans.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Rob Stafsholt · Republican, Senate
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Workforce Development vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 2 · Jun 20, 2025
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 Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 7, Noes 2”. 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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Jun 20, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jun 20, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 2.
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May 28, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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May 14, 2025 to May 21, 2025
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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May 2, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment.
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May 2, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- May 2, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Maxey, Melotik, Behnke, Dittrich, Gundrum, Mursau and O'Connor; cosponsored by Senators Jagler, Bradley, Nass and Stafsholt
- May 2, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment
- May 14, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Armstrong added as a coauthor
- May 16, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Kreibich added as a coauthor
- May 21, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Donovan added as a coauthor
- May 28, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jun 12, 2025 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment, Ayes 7, Noes 2
- Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Sep 24, 2025 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Maxey
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
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.
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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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