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WI AB 637

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Relating to: funding sources for certain private postsecondary schools and granting rule-making authority.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WI AB 637 pass?

No. WI AB 637 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 637 about?

WI AB 637 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: funding sources for certain private postsecondary schools and granting rule-making authority.”.

Who sponsors WI AB 637?

Johnson, Stubbs, Stroud and 11 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 637.

Introduced
2025-11-07
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Johnsonprimary
  • Stubbsprimary
  • Stroudprimary
  • Sheehanprimary
  • Miresseprimary
  • McCarvilleprimary
  • Madisonprimary
  • Kirschprimary
  • Hongprimary
  • Goodwinprimary
  • Fitzgeraldprimary
  • DeSmidtprimary
  • Clancyprimary
  • Tenorioprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-11-07

    Introduced by Representatives Tenorio, Clancy, DeSmidt, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Hong, Kirsch, Madison, McCarville, Miresse, Sheehan, Stroud, Stubbs and Johnson; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Hesselbein and Spreitzer

    introduction

  2. 2025-11-07

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-11-17

    Representative Phelps added as a coauthor

  4. 2025-11-21

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  5. 2025-12-17

    Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  6. 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.

Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab637

Attribution

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