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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 967

Funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program for social media education and making an appropriation. (FE)

Topics: Children and Families, Department of, Children: Abuse and neglect, Data processing, Organization, Miscellaneous

Stopped in committee

It had a but no committee vote, so it never came up for a vote. 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

    Jan 30, 2026

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  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 ⁠”

It sat with the Assembly Committee on Children and Families.

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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 968. 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 provides an increase in general purpose revenue to the Department of Children and Families to increase parental education on social media and its effects on children and parental education on healthy practices related to social media use under the Family Foundations home visitation program. Under current law, DCF distributes grants for the prevention of child abuse and neglect under a program commonly referred to as “Family Foundations.” Under the Family Foundations program, certain entities are eligible for grants to provide home visitation services for parents who are eligible for Medical Assistance and who are assessed to be at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their child.

Who's behind it

18 representatives are its ⁠. 15 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 25 names

Authors (18)

Signed on in support (7)

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.

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 18, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Mar 6, 2026

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Feb 13, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  5. Feb 5, 2026

    The committee held a public hearing.

  6. Jan 30, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Children and Families.

  7. Jan 30, 2026

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Billings, Joers, Mayadev, Brill, Dittrich, Armstrong, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, McCarville, Miresse, Ortiz-Velez, Prado, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Subeck and Udell; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, L. Johnson, Dassler-Alfheim, Roys and Spreitzer

  2. Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families

  3. Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Billings

  5. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  6. Mar 6, 2026 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Anderson added as a coauthor

  8. 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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

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.

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

Cost estimate

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

Official term: Fiscal estimate