WI AB 256
deadRelating to: a special observance day in schools for Armenian Genocide Awareness Day.
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WI AB 256 pass?
No. WI AB 256 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-03-23). Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
What is WI AB 256 about?
WI AB 256 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: a special observance day in schools for Armenian Genocide Awareness Day.”.
Who sponsors WI AB 256?
Wichgers, Udell, Tenorio and 28 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 256.
- Introduced
- 2025-05-08
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Wichgersprimary
- Udellprimary
- Tenorioprimary
- Taylorprimary
- Stubbsprimary
- Stroudprimary
- Snyderprimary
- Snodgrassprimary
- Sinickiprimary
- Rodriguezprimary
- Pradoprimary
- Phelpsprimary
- Pentermanprimary
- Ortiz-Velezprimary
- O'Connorprimary
- Neubauerprimary
- Murphyprimary
- Miresseprimary
- Madisonprimary
- Knodlprimary
- Johnsonprimary
- Joersprimary
- Goodwinprimary
- DeSmidtprimary
- DeSantoprimary
- Clancyprimary
- Brownprimary
- Bareprimary
- Arneyprimary
- Wittkeprimary
- McGuireprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-05-08
Introduced by Representatives McGuire, Wittke, Arney, Bare, Brown, Clancy, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Goodwin, Joers, Johnson, Knodl, Madison, Miresse, Murphy, Neubauer, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Penterman, Phelps, Prado, Rodriguez, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Stroud, Stubbs, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Wanggaard, Wirch, Habush Sinykin, Carpenter, Drake, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson and Spreitzer
introduction
2025-05-08
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-22
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
2025-09-09
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
2025-10-09
Representative Cruz added as a coauthor
2026-03-12
Representative Roe added as a coauthor
2026-03-23
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
failure
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Votes
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Related bills
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