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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 11

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Relating to: allowing representatives of certain federally chartered youth membership organizations to provide information to pupils on public school property.

School — Building School — Charter school Youth

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires, upon the request of certain federally chartered youth membership organizations, the principal of a public school, including an independent charter school, to schedule at least one date and time at the beginning of the school term for representatives of the youth membership organization to provide information about the organization to pupils during the school day on school property. Such information may include information about how the organization furthers the educational interests and civic involvement of pupils consistent with good citizenship. Examples of these federally chartered youth membership organizations are Boy Scouts of America and Girl Scouts of the United States of America.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cabral-Guevara (R) , Nass (R) , Tomczyk (R) , Wanggaard (R)

11 cosponsors

Dittrich (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Maxey (R) , Melotik (R) , Mursau (R) , O'Connor (R) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 8

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

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 May 16, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

Passed 18–15 Nov 18, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: CONCURRENCE

Passed 64–33 Nov 19, 2025 official source full page

Aye · 64

Not voting · 2

Full history

  1. Feb 3, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Nass, Tomczyk and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Dittrich, Green, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Melotik, Mursau and Tusler

  2. Feb 3, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. May 1, 2025 · Senate

    Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor

  4. May 6, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. May 16, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. May 16, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  7. May 16, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Oct 2, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara

  9. Oct 9, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Tittl added as a cosponsor

  10. Nov 14, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer and Wall

  12. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  13. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  14. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  15. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  16. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  17. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  18. Nov 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  20. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Read

  21. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up

  22. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  23. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  24. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  25. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 64, Noes 33

  26. Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Nov 20, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  28. Nov 24, 2025 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  29. Dec 4, 2025 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025

  30. Dec 10, 2025 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 79

  31. Dec 10, 2025 · Senate

    Published 12-10-2025