WI AB 497
deadRelating to: application of the public records and open meetings laws to charter schools and private schools participating in school choice programs.
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WI AB 497 pass?
No. WI AB 497 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 497 about?
WI AB 497 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: application of the public records and open meetings laws to charter schools and private schools participating in school choice programs.”.
Who sponsors WI AB 497?
Tenorio, Stroud, Spaude and 12 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 497.
- Introduced
- 2025-10-09
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Tenorioprimary
- Stroudprimary
- Spaudeprimary
- Snodgrassprimary
- Sinickiprimary
- Phelpsprimary
- Palmeriprimary
- Madisonprimary
- Joersprimary
- Fitzgeraldprimary
- Clancyprimary
- Bareprimary
- Arneyprimary
- Sheehanprimary
- Cruzprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-10-09
Introduced by Representatives Cruz, Sheehan, Arney, Bare, Clancy, Fitzgerald, Joers, Madison, Palmeri, Phelps, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stroud and Tenorio; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Keyeski, Pfaff, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith and Spreitzer
introduction
2025-10-09
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-10-10
Representative Subeck 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
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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Attribution
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