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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 887

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Relating to: required subjects in a human growth and development instructional program. (FE)

Children — Adoption School — Health program

  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 a school board that provides a human growth and development instructional program to include instruction on adoption in the instructional program.

Current law allows, but does not require, a school board to provide a human growth and development instructional program in grades kindergarten to 12. If a school board elects to offer the instructional program, current law recommends, but does not require, that the school board include certain topics, one of which is “adoption resources, prenatal care, and postnatal supports” in the instructional program. Under current law, if any part of the recommended instructional program is provided to pupils, the school board must provide specific information on required subjects in the same course in the same year. The bill adds to the list of required subjects providing instruction on adoption.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Jacque (R)

11 cosponsors

Brill (R) , Dittrich (R) , Hurd (R) , Kaufert (R) , Murphy (R) , Nedweski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Piwowarczyk (R) , Summerfield (R) , Wichgers (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 4

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 passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Mar 6, 2026 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Jan 27, 2026 · Senate

    Introduced by Senator Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Summerfield, Brill, Dittrich, Hurd, Kaufert, Murphy, Nedweski, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk and Wichgers

  2. Jan 27, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Feb 6, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 12, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor

  5. Mar 3, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  6. Mar 6, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Mar 6, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  8. Mar 6, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1