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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 268

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: prohibiting corporal punishment in public and private schools.

Parochial and private schools School — Charter school School — Discipline and student rights School — Employee

  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 current law, no official, employee, or agent of a school board may subject a pupil enrolled in the school district to corporal punishment. Current law defines “corporal punishment” as the intentional infliction of physical pain that is used as a means of discipline, which includes paddling, slapping, and prolonged maintenance of physically painful positions.

This bill expands the prohibition against subjecting pupils to corporal punishment to apply to officials, employees, and agents of school boards, governing boards of charter schools, and governing bodies of private schools.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Hesselbein (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Spreitzer (D)

23 cosponsors

Andraca (D) , Bare (D) , Billings (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSanto (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Haywood (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Madison (D) , Mayadev (D) , McGuire (D) , Miresse (D) , Phelps (D) , Roe (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tenorio (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. May 20, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Roys, Hesselbein, Larson, Ratcliff and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Clancy, Mayadev, Andraca, Bare, Billings, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Joers, Johnson, Madison, Miresse, Phelps, Roe, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Subeck and Tenorio

  2. May 20, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Jun 12, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor

  4. Jun 20, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor

  5. Oct 28, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Sheehan added as a cosponsor

  6. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  7. Jul 2, 2026 · Senate

    Representative McGuire added as a cosponsor