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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 58

Flags flown, hung, or displayed from a flagpole or the exterior of state and local buildings and eliminating a related administrative rule

Topics: Administrative rules: Revisions, Public building, School: Building, State capitol, Symbols, State

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Sep 11, 2025, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. 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

    Feb 24, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed 50 to 44

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 40. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

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

This bill prohibits, with certain exceptions, any flag other than the U.S. flag and the flag of the state of Wisconsin from being flown, hung, or displayed from a flagpole or the exterior of any state office building or facility, including the state capitol, or from any local government building or school building. The bill also repeals an administrative rule that includes a similar requirement but authorizes the governor to direct otherwise.

Who's behind it

14 representatives are its ⁠. All 14 are Republicans.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 16 names

Authors (14)

Signed on in support (2)

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 3 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on State Affairs vote to recommend it

Passed, 5 to 1 · Apr 23, 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 State Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote

Passed, 51 to 44 · Sep 11, 2025 · 4 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (51)

No (44)

Didn't vote (4)

Official motion: “SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 50 to 44 · Sep 11, 2025 · 1 didn't vote

See how each of the 95 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (50)

No (44)

Didn't vote (1)

Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Sep 12, 2025

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.

  3. Sep 11, 2025

    The Senate received it.

  4. Sep 11, 2025

    The Assembly passed it, 50 to 44.

  5. Sep 11, 2025

    “Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken” (the official wording)

  6. Apr 23, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  7. Apr 23, 2025

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 1.

  8. Apr 9, 2025

    The committee held a public hearing.

  9. Feb 24, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.

  10. Feb 24, 2025

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives O'Connor, Murphy, Brooks, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Kreibich, Gundrum, Dittrich, Penterman, Armstrong, Wichgers, Knodl and Behnke; cosponsored by Senators Feyen and Tomczyk

  2. Feb 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Apr 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Apr 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 5, Noes 1

  6. Apr 23, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Sep 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 9-11-2025

  8. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  9. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Rivera-Wagner

  10. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Point of order that Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken

  11. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair appealed

  12. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 51, Noes 44

  13. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  15. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 50, Noes 44, Paired 4

  16. Sep 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  17. Sep 11, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  18. Sep 12, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

  19. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. 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

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

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

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

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary