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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 785

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Relating to: including information about investigations of license holders in an online licensing portal maintained by the Department of Public Instruction. (FE)

Public instruction department of State superintendent of public instruction Teacher — Certificate

  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 the state superintendent of public instruction to maintain on the Department of Public Instruction’s website an online licensing portal that is searchable by the public at no cost. Under the bill, the portal must include information related to license holders who are investigated by DPI. Specifically, the portal must include for each license holder who is under investigation the name of the license holder and the outcome of the investigation, including if the investigation was terminated because the license holder voluntarily surrendered the license during the investigation. The portal must also include the name of each individual whose license is revoked by DPI.

Under current law, DPI must post on its website the name of each license holder who is under investigation and the name of each individual whose license is revoked by DPI as the result of an investigation.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Jacque (R) , Jagler (R) , Nass (R) , Quinn (R) , Wanggaard (R)

13 cosponsors

B. Jacobson (R) , Dittrich (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Gustafson (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Maxey (R) , Murphy (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Smith (D) , Tusler (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage 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 AS AMENDED

Passed 66–32 Feb 18, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 66

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Dec 22, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Jagler, Quinn, Wanggaard, Jacque and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Gustafson, Goeben, Penterman, Tusler, B. Jacobson, O'Connor, Dittrich, Green, Maxey, Kreibich and Murphy

  2. Dec 22, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Dec 22, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Knodl added as a cosponsor

  4. Jan 2, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 28, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

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

  8. Feb 3, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Feb 9, 2026 · Senate

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

  10. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  12. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Feb 11, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  16. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  17. Feb 13, 2026 · Assembly

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

  18. Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:23 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13

  19. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer

  20. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  21. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  23. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Gustafson

  24. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  25. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  27. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 66, Noes 32

  28. Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Feb 19, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  30. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  31. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 concurred in

  32. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Smith added as a coauthor

  33. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Action ordered immediately messaged

  34. Mar 20, 2026 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  35. Apr 2, 2026 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  36. Apr 6, 2026 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 185

  37. Apr 6, 2026 · Senate

    Published 4-4-2026