Bill Commons

WI AB 646

in committee

Relating to: requiring a school district consolidation study. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did WI AB 646 pass?

Not yet. WI AB 646 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI AB 646 about?

WI AB 646 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: requiring a school district consolidation study. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 646?

Nedweski, Penterman, O'Connor and 8 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 646.

Introduced
2025-11-10
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

  • Nedweskiprimary
  • Pentermanprimary
  • O'Connorprimary
  • Murphyprimary
  • Mosesprimary
  • Krugprimary
  • Gustafsonprimary
  • Armstrongprimary
  • Kitchensprimary
  • Zimmermanprimary
  • Duchowprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-03-23

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    amendment-failure

  2. 2025-11-20

    Read first time and referred to committee on Education

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-11-20

    Received from Assembly

    receipt

  4. 2025-11-19

    Ordered immediately messaged

  5. 2025-11-19

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 54, Noes 43

    passage,reading-3

  6. 2025-11-19

    Rules suspended

  7. 2025-11-19

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  8. 2025-11-19

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  9. 2025-11-18

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  10. 2025-11-13

    Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules

  11. 2025-11-13

    Referred to committee on Rules

    referral-committee

  12. 2025-11-13

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 4

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-11-13

    Executive action taken

  14. 2025-11-11

    Public hearing held

  15. 2025-11-10

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

    reading-1,referral-committee

  16. 2025-11-10

    Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Zimmerman, Kitchens, Armstrong, Gustafson, Krug, Moses, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman and Nedweski; cosponsored by Senator Quinn

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 4

    2025-11-13 · pass · 7-4

  • PASSAGE

    2025-11-19 · pass · 54-43

    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: yes
    • GOODWIN: no
    • GREEN: yes
    • GUNDRUM: yes
    • GUSTAFSON: yes
    • HONG: no
    • HURD: yes
    • HYSELL: no
    • JACOBSON, B: yes
    • JACOBSON, J: no
    • JOERS: no
    • JOHNSON: no
    • KAUFERT: yes
    • KIRSCH: no
    • 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: yes
    • SPAUDE: no
    • SPIROS: yes
    • STEFFEN: yes
    • STROUD: no
    • STUBBS: no
    • SUBECK: no
    • SUMMERFIELD: yes
    • SWEARINGEN: yes
    • TENORIO: no
    • TITTL: yes
    • TRANEL: yes
    • TUCKER: yes
    • TUSLER: yes
    • UDELL: no
    • VANDERMEER: yes
    • VINING: no
    • WICHGERS: yes
    • WITTKE: yes
    • ZIMMERMAN: yes
    • SPEAKER: yes

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Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab646

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