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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Senate Bill 87

A lifetime license that authorizes an individual to teach an American Indian language in an American Indian language program and modifying rules promulgated by the Department of Public Instruction. (FE)

Topics: Administrative rules: Revisions, Indians and tribal issues, Public Instruction, Department of, School: Curriculum, Teacher: Certificate

Stopped before the full Senate voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. 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

    Mar 6, 2025

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

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

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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 109. 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 is explained in the Notes provided by the Joint Legislative Council in the bill.

Who's behind it

Joint Legislative Council is its ⁠.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Author (1)

  • Joint Legislative Council

Signed on in support (2)

What it would cost

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

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Senate Committee on Government Operations vote to recommend it

Passed, 4 to 1 · Mar 14, 2025

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

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 16, 2026 to Feb 17, 2026

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  3. Mar 17, 2025

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Mar 14, 2025

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 1.

  5. Mar 12, 2025

    The committee held a public hearing.

  6. Mar 6, 2025

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development.

  7. Mar 6, 2025

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 6, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Joint Legislative Council

  2. Mar 6, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development

  3. Mar 12, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 13, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Mar 14, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  6. Mar 14, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Mar 17, 2025 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Feb 16, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor

  9. Feb 17, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Stroud added as a cosponsor

  10. 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.

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

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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