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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 1085

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: longevity bonuses for teachers in school districts. (FE)

Public instruction department of Teacher — Salary

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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

Under this bill, the Department of Public Instruction must pay a $7,000 bonus to any teacher who has been licensed by DPI and employed by a school board continuously for five school years. Under the bill, the first school year counted for the longevity bonus payments is the 2026-27 school year, such that DPI will begin making bonus payments in the 2031-32 school year. Teachers are eligible for additional bonus payments for subsequent five-year periods that do not overlap. The bonus is not considered earnings for the purposes of the Wisconsin Retirement System.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Keyeski (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wirch (D)

20 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Brown (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Hysell (D) , Kirsch (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stroud (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (D) , Udell (D) , Vining (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

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. Mar 4, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Larson, Roys, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Dassler-Alfheim, Keyeski, Ratcliff, Smith and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Sheehan, Brown, McCarville, Anderson, Clancy, Stroud, Udell, Andraca, Arney, Bare, DeSmidt, Hysell, Kirsch, Miresse, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Sinicki, Tenorio and Vining

  2. Mar 4, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Mar 19, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

  4. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  5. Apr 24, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received