Senate Bill 240
Workforce literacy grant program. (FE)
Topics: Employment, Literacy, Organization, Miscellaneous, Workforce Development, Department of
Stopped in committee
It never got a , 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.
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Introduced, passed
May 9, 2025
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development. The committee's chair at the time was Dan Feyen. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 235. That version died when the session ended.
Terms on this page
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. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires the Department of Workforce Development to establish a program to award a grant annually to provide workforce literacy services in this state. To be eligible to receive the grant, an organization must be a nonprofit entity located in this state that provides or supports adult literacy services or community-based literacy programs in over half of Wisconsin’s counties. An organization that receives a grant may use the money to teach workforce readiness skills, basic literacy skills, and digital literacy, to provide GED and HSED preparation and testing, to provide other literacy programs related to building and strengthening the state’s workforce, or to provide training, programming, supplies, materials, or other professional support to an organization that provides direct adult literacy services.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . All 4 are Republicans.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Rob Stafsholt · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (8)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 14, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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May 9, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development.
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May 9, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- May 9, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Jagler, Bradley, Nass and Stafsholt; cosponsored by Representatives Maxey, Melotik, Behnke, Dittrich, Gundrum, Mursau and O'Connor
- May 9, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
- May 14, 2025 · Senate
Representative Armstrong added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
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.
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. 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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor