Senate Bill 833
Grants to school counselors, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Counselor, Mental health, Public Instruction, Department of, School: Employee
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
Jan 15, 2026
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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 Education. The committee's chair at the time was John Jagler. 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 828. 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
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
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 Public Instruction to create a program under which DPI provides grants to school counselors for the costs of continuing education and training in mental and behavioral health. Under the bill, a school counselor is defined as an individual who holds a school counselor license issued by DPI and is required to hold that license for purposes of the individual’s employment.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . 2 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
17 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (17)
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- Karen Kirsch · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Sequanna Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 2, 2026 to Feb 20, 2026
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jan 26, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 16, 2026 to Jan 20, 2026
1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Jan 15, 2026
Sent to the Senate Committee on Education.
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Jan 15, 2026
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 15, 2026 · Senate
Introduced by Senators James, Ratcliff and L. Johnson; cosponsored by Representatives Stubbs, Goodwin, Rivera-Wagner, Taylor, Ortiz-Velez, Tenorio, Bare, Sinicki, Arney, McCarville, Prado and Kirsch
- Jan 15, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Jan 16, 2026 · Senate
Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor
- Jan 20, 2026 · Senate
Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor
- Jan 26, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 2, 2026 · Senate
Representative Clancy added as a cosponsor
- Feb 10, 2026 · Senate
Representative Neubauer added as a cosponsor
- Feb 20, 2026 · Senate
Representative Sheehan 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate