Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
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
- Introduced, completed
- Passes Senate, completed
- Passes Assembly, completed
- Governor signs, completed
- Law, completed
Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
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
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
- Association of Wisconsin School Administrators
- League of Women Voters of Wisconsin, Inc
- WiRSA - Wisconsin Rural Schools Alliance
- Wisconsin Association of School Boards Inc
- Wisconsin Association of School Business Officials
- Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators
- Wisconsin Association of School Personnel Administrators
- Wisconsin Council for Administrators of Special Services
Votes
Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 3, Noes 2
Passed 3–2 May 16, 2025 official source full pageNo 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 pageNo individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Aye · 64
- Adam Neylon (15)
- Alex Dallman (39)
- Amanda Nedweski (32)
- Barbara Dittrich (99)
- Ben Franklin (88)
- Bob Donovan (61)
- Bob Wittke (63)
- Brent Jacobson (87)
- Brienne Brown (43)
- Calvin Callahan (35)
- Chanz Green (74)
- Chuck Wichgers (84)
- Cindi Duchow (97)
- Clint Moses (92)
- Dan Knodl (24)
- Dave Armstrong (67)
- Dave Maxey (83)
- Dave Murphy (56)
- David Steffen (4)
- Dean Kaufert (53)
- Deb Andraca (23)
- Duke Tucker (75)
- Elijah Behnke (6)
- Gus Gustafson (55)
- Jeff Mursau (36)
- Jenna Jacobson (50)
- Jerry O'Connor (60)
- Jessie Rodriguez (21)
- Jill Billings (95)
- Jim Piwowarczyk (98)
- Jodi Emerson (91)
- Joel Kitchens (1)
- John Spiros (86)
- Joy Goeben (5)
- Karen Hurd (69)
- Kevin Petersen (57)
- Lee Snodgrass (52)
- Lindee Brill (27)
- Mark Born (37)
- Nancy VanderMeer (70)
- Pat Snyder (85)
- Paul Melotik (22)
- Paul Tittl (25)
- Rick Gundrum (58)
- Rob Brooks (59)
- Rob Kreibich (28)
- Rob Summerfield (68)
- Rob Swearingen (34)
- Robin Vos (33)
- Robyn Vining (13)
- Ron Tusler (3)
- Russell Goodwin (12)
- Scott Allen (82)
- Scott Krug (72)
- Shae Sortwell (2)
- Shannon Zimmerman (30)
- Steve Doyle (94)
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (8)
- Todd Novak (51)
- Tony Kurtz (41)
- Travis Tranel (49)
- Treig Pronschinske (29)
- Tyler August (31)
- Will Penterman (38)
Nay · 33
- Alex Joers (81)
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner (90)
- Andrew Hysell (48)
- Angela Stroud (73)
- Angelina Cruz (62)
- Angelito Tenorio (14)
- Ann Roe (44)
- Ben DeSmidt (65)
- Christian Phelps (93)
- Christine Sinicki (20)
- Clint Anderson (45)
- Darrin Madison (10)
- Francesca Hong (76)
- Greta Neubauer (66)
- Joan Fitzgerald (46)
- Joe Sheehan (26)
- Kalan Haywood (16)
- Karen DeSanto (40)
- Karen Kirsch (7)
- Lisa Subeck (79)
- Lori Palmeri (54)
- Margaret Arney (18)
- Maureen McCarville (42)
- Mike Bare (80)
- Randy Udell (47)
- Renuka Mayadev (77)
- Ryan Clancy (19)
- Ryan Spaude (89)
- Shelia Stubbs (78)
- Supreme Moore Omokunde (17)
- Tara Johnson (96)
- Tip McGuire (64)
- Vinnie Miresse (71)
Not voting · 2
- Priscilla Prado (9)
- Sequanna Taylor (11)
Full history
- 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
- Feb 3, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- May 1, 2025 · Senate
Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
- May 6, 2025 · Senate
Public hearing held
- May 16, 2025 · Senate
Executive action taken
- May 16, 2025 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- May 16, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Oct 2, 2025 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara
- Oct 9, 2025 · Senate
Representative Tittl added as a cosponsor
- Nov 14, 2025 · Senate
Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- 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
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Read a second time
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 adopted
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 18, Noes 15
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Nov 18, 2025 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Read
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 64, Noes 33
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Nov 20, 2025 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Nov 24, 2025 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Dec 4, 2025 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025
- Dec 10, 2025 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 79
- Dec 10, 2025 · Senate
Published 12-10-2025