WI AB 256
deadRelating to: a special observance day in schools for Armenian Genocide Awareness Day.
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did WI AB 256 pass?
No. WI AB 256 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process. 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, joined by 9 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2025-05-08
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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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
- Wanggaardcosponsor
- Wirchcosponsor
- Habush Sinykincosponsor
- Carpentercosponsor
- Drakecosponsor
- Hesselbeincosponsor
- Keyeskicosponsor
- Larsoncosponsor
- Spreitzercosponsor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-23
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
failure
2026-03-12
Representative Roe added as a coauthor
2025-10-09
Representative Cruz added as a coauthor
2025-09-09
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
2025-05-22
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
2025-05-08
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
reading-1,referral-committee
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
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Votes
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Related bills
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