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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 833

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Relating to: grants to school counselors, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Counselor Mental health Public instruction department of 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

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.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: James (R) , L. Johnson (D) , Ratcliff (D)

17 cosponsors

Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Clancy (D) , Goodwin (D) , Keyeski (D) , Kirsch (D) , McCarville (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Prado (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stubbs (D) , Taylor (D) , Tenorio (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 2

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. 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

  2. Jan 15, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Jan 16, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 20, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor

  5. Jan 26, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Feb 2, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Clancy added as a cosponsor

  7. Feb 10, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Neubauer added as a cosponsor

  8. Feb 20, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Sheehan added as a cosponsor

  9. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1