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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 528

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: school district employee participation in state group health insurance and making an appropriation. (FE)

Group insurance board Public employee — Group insurance School — Employee

  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

This bill requires the Group Insurance Board to conduct studies of the potential costs and savings to school districts and current participants in group health insurance plans offered by GIB of mandatory participation by all school districts in this state and of voluntary participation by school districts in this state in a group health insurance plan offered by GIB. The bill also requires GIB to submit a written report of the studies to the governor and the Joint Committee on Finance no later than six months after the effective date of the bill.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Cruz (D) , DeSanto (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Goodwin (D) , Hysell (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Madison (D) , Palmeri (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Spaude (D) , Stroud (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D)

14 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Hesselbein (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Keyeski (D) , Larson (D) , Neubauer (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D) , Wall (D) , Wirch (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 4

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Full history

  1. Oct 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Hysell, DeSanto, Cruz, Doyle, Andraca, Arney, Bare, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Joers, Johnson, Madison, Palmeri, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stroud, Tenorio and Udell; cosponsored by Senators Wall, Ratcliff, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Roys, Spreitzer and Wirch

  2. Oct 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance

  3. Oct 17, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

  5. Oct 28, 2025 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jan 29, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor

  7. Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  8. Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  9. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1