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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 673

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Relating to: school board policies on appropriate communication with pupils. (FE)

Parochial and private schools Public instruction department of School — Administration School — Charter school School — Employee

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires each school board to adopt, by July 1, 2026, a policy on appropriate communications between employees or volunteers of the school district and pupils enrolled in the school district, pupils attending school that are not under the control of the school board, and pupils who are homeschooled. A school board must include in the policy consequences for employees or volunteers who violate the the policy. The bill requires that the policy apply to communications that occur during or outside of school hours. Finally, under the bill, the policy must include standards for appropriate content and methods of communication.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Quinn (R)

22 cosponsors

Allen (R) , B. Jacobson (R) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Callahan (R) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Duchow (R) , Franklin (R) , Gustafson (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kreibich (R) , Melotik (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nedweski (R) , Novak (R) , O'Connor (R) , Steffen (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 adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 3, 2026 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 3, 2026 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 92–7 Feb 17, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 92

Full history

  1. Nov 20, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Quinn, Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Nedweski, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Dittrich, Donovan, Duchow, Franklin, Gustafson, B. Jacobson, Kitchens, Kreibich, Melotik, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Steffen and Tusler

  2. Nov 20, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Dec 2, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 20, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Quinn

  5. Jan 28, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  8. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  9. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  11. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  12. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  13. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  14. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  15. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  16. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a coauthor

  17. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  19. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  20. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

  21. Feb 16, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Allen added as a cosponsor

  22. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  23. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  24. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  26. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 92, Noes 7

  27. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Feb 18, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  29. Feb 26, 2026 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  30. Mar 5, 2026 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-5-2026

  31. Mar 9, 2026 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-6-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 89

  32. Mar 9, 2026 · Senate

    Published 3-7-2026