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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 990

Personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement

Topics: Financial institution, Literacy, School: Administration, School: Curriculum

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

    Jan 30, 2026

  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 921. That version became law.

What it would have done

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

Under current law, a school board may grant a high school diploma to a pupil only if the pupil meets specific statutory requirements, including earning a certain number of credits in various subjects in the high school grades. Beginning with pupils graduating in 2028, current law requires that, to receive a high school diploma, a pupil must earn at least one-half credit of personal financial literacy.

Under the bill, a school board must award one-half credit of personal financial literacy to a pupil who successfully completes a financial literacy program offered by a financial institution at a branch located in a school if the school board determines that the financial literacy program satisfies the personal financial literacy requirement. Under the bill, a “financial institution” is a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, trust company, or credit union chartered under the laws of this state, another state, or territory, or under federal law.

Who's behind it

33 representatives are its ⁠. 27 are Republicans and 6 are Democrats.

8 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 41 names

Authors (33)

Signed on in support (8)

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 on an amendment

Passed, 10 to 3 · Feb 11, 2026

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

Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 10, Noes 3”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly Committee on Education vote to recommend it

Passed, 10 to 3 · Feb 11, 2026

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

Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 10, Noes 3”. 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 26, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Feb 11, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  4. Feb 11, 2026

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 3.

  5. Feb 6, 2026

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  6. Feb 5, 2026

    The committee held a public hearing.

  7. Feb 2, 2026 to Feb 4, 2026

    1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.

  8. Jan 30, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Education.

  9. Jan 30, 2026

    Introduced in the Assembly.

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

    Introduced by Representatives Dallman, Wittke, Behnke, Dittrich, Donovan, Emerson, Goeben, Goodwin, Green, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Krug, Kurtz, Melotik, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Sinicki, Sortwell, Swearingen, Tucker, Tusler, Udell, VanderMeer, Wichgers, Zimmerman, Steffen and Callahan; cosponsored by Senators Felzkowski, Cabral-Guevara, Pfaff and Quinn

  2. Jan 30, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Feb 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Senator Wirch added as a cosponsor

  4. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative DeSmidt added as a coauthor

  5. Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Feb 6, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Joers added as a coauthor

  7. Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Dallman

  8. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 10, Noes 3

  10. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 10, Noes 3

  11. Feb 11, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:58 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  13. Feb 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  14. Feb 26, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  15. 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

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

Roll call

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

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary