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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 391

The per pupil adjustment for school district revenue limits. (FE)

Topics: School: Finance

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Aug 29, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  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 ⁠”

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 389. That version was vetoed.

What it would have done

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

Current law generally limits the total amount of revenue per pupil that a school district may receive from general school aids and property taxes in a school year to the amount of revenue allowed per pupil in the previous school year plus a per pupil adjustment, if any, as provided by law. Current law, which was upheld in LeMieux v. Evers , 2025 WI 12, provides an annual $325 per pupil adjustment until 2425.

This bill eliminates the $325 per pupil adjustment in the school district revenue limit formula beginning with the calculation of school district revenue limits for the 2027-28 school year. As a result, there is no per pupil adjustment in school district revenue limit calculations for the 2027-28 school year and any school year thereafter.

Who's behind it

23 representatives are its ⁠. All 23 are Republicans.

10 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 33 names

Authors (23)

Signed on in support (10)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

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 were 2 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Education vote to recommend it

Passed, 8 to 3 · Jan 14, 2026

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 Education, Ayes 8, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Joint Committee on Finance vote to recommend it

Passed, 11 to 4 · Feb 4, 2026

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 4, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Feb 4, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 11 to 4.

  4. Jan 30, 2026

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  5. Jan 14, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  6. Jan 14, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 3.

  7. Dec 17, 2025

    The committee held a public hearing.

  8. Sep 2, 2025

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  9. Aug 29, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.

  10. Aug 29, 2025

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Aug 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Maxey, Piwowarczyk, Kitchens, Moses, Petersen, O'Connor, Allen, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Donovan, Goeben, Green, Hurd, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Penterman, Sortwell and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Nass, Bradley, Cabral-Guevara, Jagler, James, Stafsholt, Tomczyk, Wanggaard and Hutton

  2. Aug 29, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Sep 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Dec 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 8, Noes 3

  7. Jan 14, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a)

  9. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance

  10. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 11, Noes 4

  11. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:17 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  13. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Cruz

  14. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Stroud

  15. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  16. 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.

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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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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.

More in the glossary

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

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