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WI AB 3

withdrawn

Relating to: incorporating cursive writing into the state model English language arts standards and requiring cursive writing in elementary grades. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WI AB 3 pass?

No. WI AB 3 was withdrawn on 2026-03-23 and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI AB 3 about?

WI AB 3 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: incorporating cursive writing into the state model English language arts standards and requiring cursive writing in elementary grades. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 3?

Piwowarczyk, Wichgers, Vos and 12 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 3.

Introduced
2025-02-03
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Piwowarczykprimary
  • Wichgersprimary
  • Vosprimary
  • Tuslerprimary
  • Mursauprimary
  • Murphyprimary
  • Kreibichprimary
  • Knodlprimary
  • Gundrumprimary
  • Goodwinprimary
  • Donovanprimary
  • Dittrichprimary
  • Brillprimary
  • Behnkeprimary
  • Melotikprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-03

    Introduced by Representatives Melotik, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Donovan, Goodwin, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, Mursau, Tusler, Vos, Wichgers and Piwowarczyk; cosponsored by Senators Nass, Cabral-Guevara and Wanggaard

    introduction

  2. 2025-02-03

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-02-06

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  4. 2025-02-06

    Public hearing held

  5. 2025-02-13

    Executive action taken

  6. 2025-02-17

    Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor

  7. 2025-02-17

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 8, Noes 5

    committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-02-17

    Referred to calendar of 2-19-2025 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1)

    referral

  9. 2025-02-19

    Representative Goodwin withdrawn as a coauthor

    withdrawal

  10. 2025-02-19

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  11. 2025-02-19

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  12. 2025-02-19

    Rules suspended

  13. 2025-02-19

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 51, Noes 46

    passage,reading-3

  14. 2025-02-19

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. 2025-02-20

    Received from Assembly

    receipt

  16. 2025-02-21

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

    reading-1,referral-committee

  17. 2026-03-23

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    amendment-failure

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 8, Noes 5

    2025-02-17 · pass · 8-5

  • PASSAGE

    2025-02-19 · pass · 51-46

    Member-level votes (97)
    • ALLEN: yes
    • ANDERSON: no
    • ANDRACA: no
    • ARMSTRONG: yes
    • ARNEY: no
    • AUGUST: yes
    • BARE: no
    • BEHNKE: yes
    • BILLINGS: no
    • BORN: yes
    • BRILL: yes
    • BROOKS: yes
    • BROWN: no
    • CALLAHAN: yes
    • CLANCY: no
    • CRUZ: no
    • DALLMAN: yes
    • DESANTO: no
    • DESMIDT: no
    • DITTRICH: yes
    • DONOVAN: yes
    • DOYLE: no
    • DUCHOW: yes
    • EMERSON: no
    • FITZGERALD: no
    • FRANKLIN: yes
    • GOEBEN: no
    • GOODWIN: no
    • GREEN: yes
    • GUNDRUM: yes
    • GUSTAFSON: yes
    • HAYWOOD: no
    • HONG: no
    • HURD: yes
    • HYSELL: no
    • JACOBSON, B: yes
    • JACOBSON, J: no
    • JOERS: no
    • JOHNSON: no
    • KAUFERT: yes
    • KITCHENS: yes
    • KNODL: yes
    • KREIBICH: yes
    • KRUG: yes
    • KURTZ: yes
    • MADISON: no
    • MAXEY: yes
    • MAYADEV: no
    • MCCARVILLE: no
    • MCGUIRE: no
    • MELOTIK: yes
    • MIRESSE: no
    • MOORE OMOKUNDE: no
    • MOSES: yes
    • MURPHY: yes
    • MURSAU: yes
    • NEDWESKI: yes
    • NEUBAUER: no
    • NEYLON: yes
    • NOVAK: yes
    • O'CONNOR: yes
    • ORTIZ-VELEZ: no
    • PALMERI: no
    • PENTERMAN: yes
    • PETERSEN: yes
    • PHELPS: no
    • PIWOWARCZYK: yes
    • PRADO: no
    • PRONSCHINSKE: yes
    • RIVERA-WAGNER: no
    • RODRIGUEZ: yes
    • ROE: no
    • SHEEHAN: no
    • SINICKI: no
    • SNODGRASS: no
    • SNYDER: yes
    • SORTWELL: no
    • SPAUDE: no
    • SPIROS: yes
    • STEFFEN: no
    • STROUD: no
    • SUBECK: no
    • SUMMERFIELD: yes
    • SWEARINGEN: yes
    • TAYLOR: no
    • TENORIO: no
    • TITTL: yes
    • TRANEL: yes
    • TUCKER: yes
    • TUSLER: yes
    • UDELL: no
    • VANDERMEER: yes
    • VINING: no
    • WICHGERS: yes
    • WITTKE: yes
    • ZIMMERMAN: yes
    • SPEAKER: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab3

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