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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Senate Bill 41

School safety grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

Topics: Justice, Department of, Parochial and private schools, School: Administration

Passed the Senate, then stopped

The Senate passed it on Jun 18, 2025, but the Assembly never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 12, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, passed

    Passed 18 to 14

  4. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Assembly never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 40. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires the Office of School Safety in the Department of Justice to establish a competitive grant program that is open to public and private schools for grants to improve the safety of school buildings and to provide security training to school personnel. In administering the program, the Office of School Safety must give preference to applicants that have not yet received a school safety grant from DOJ. The bill provides $30,000,000 for these grants and specifies that the maximum amount DOJ may award to an applicant is $20,000. The bill also requires the Office of School Safety to submit an annual report related to these grants to the Joint Committee on Finance. Finally, the grant program sunsets on July 1, 2027.

Who's behind it

4 senators are its ⁠. All 4 are Republicans.

17 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 21 names

Authors (4)

Signed on in support (17)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 6 votes on this bill.

Senate Committee on Education vote on an amendment

Passed, 3 to 2 · Jun 13, 2025

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate Committee on Education vote to recommend it

Passed, 3 to 2 · Jun 13, 2025

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote on an amendment

Passed, 18 to 14 · Jun 18, 2025

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Senate Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 14”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote on an amendment

Passed, 17 to 15 · Jun 18, 2025

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 17, Noes 15”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote on an amendment

Passed, 17 to 15 · Jun 18, 2025

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 17, Noes 15”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote to pass it

Passed, 18 to 14 · Jun 18, 2025 · 1 didn't vote

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Didn't vote (1)

Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jul 16, 2025

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Jun 19, 2025

    The Assembly received it.

  4. Jun 18, 2025

    The Senate passed it, 18 to 14.

  5. Jun 18, 2025

    “Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up” (the official wording)

  6. Jun 18, 2025

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  7. Jun 18, 2025

    The Senate adopted it, 18 to 14.

  8. Jun 16, 2025

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  9. Jun 13, 2025

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 3 to 2.

  10. Jun 13, 2025

    “Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)

  11. Jun 10, 2025

    The committee held a public hearing.

  12. Apr 30, 2025

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  13. Feb 12, 2025

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.

  14. Feb 12, 2025

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 12, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators James, Quinn, Nass, Spreitzer, Feyen and Keyeski; cosponsored by Representatives Goeben, Allen, Stubbs, Penterman, Armstrong, Steffen, Gundrum, Dittrich, Brill, Miresse, Callahan, Kreibich, Subeck, Knodl, O'Connor, Wichgers and Piwowarczyk

  2. Feb 12, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Apr 30, 2025 · Senate

    Representative McCarville added as a cosponsor

  4. May 22, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James

  5. Jun 6, 2025 · Senate

    Senator Keyeski withdrawn as a coauthor

  6. Jun 9, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Miresse withdrawn as a cosponsor

  7. Jun 10, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  8. Jun 13, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  9. Jun 13, 2025 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  10. Jun 13, 2025 · Senate

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

  11. Jun 13, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  12. Jun 16, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  13. Jun 17, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  14. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Smith, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Drake, Roys, L. Johnson, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Wall and Wirch

  15. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

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

  16. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  17. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 rejected, Ayes 17, Noes 15

  18. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 18, Noes 14

  19. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 rejected, Ayes 17, Noes 15

  20. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  21. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and taken up

  22. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  24. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senator Spreitzer withdrawn as a coauthor

  25. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 18, Noes 14

  26. Jun 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  27. Jun 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  28. Jul 16, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  29. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

More in the glossary

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary