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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 32

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Relating to: access to public high schools for military recruiters.

Military personnel School — Charter school

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

In general, federal law requires local educational agencies, such as school boards and charter schools, that receive federal assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide military recruiters the same access to secondary school students that the local educational agencies provide to postsecondary educational institutions or to prospective employers. This bill requires school boards and governing boards of charter schools to, in addition to complying with federal law, specifically allow military recruiters access to common areas in high schools and to allow access during a school day and to school-sanctioned events. Nothing in the bill requires a school board or governing board of a charter school to provide a military recruiter access to a high school classroom during instructional time.

Sponsors

Introduced by: B. Jacobson (R) , Brill (R) , Brooks (R) , Callahan (R) , Dittrich (R) , Franklin (R) , Green (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Tittl (R) , Tucker (R) , Tusler (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R)

5 cosponsors

Bradley (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Feyen (R) , Nass (R) , Tomczyk (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 7

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 7, Noes 4

Passed 7–4 Oct 8, 2025 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Feb 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Penterman, Brill, Brooks, Callahan, Dittrich, Franklin, Green, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Melotik, Moses, Mursau, O'Connor, Tittl, Tucker, Wichgers, Wittke and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Bradley, Feyen, Nass and Tomczyk

  2. Feb 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Jun 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Oct 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 4

  6. Oct 8, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Nov 13, 2025 · Assembly

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

  8. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  9. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1