WI AB 759

enacted

Relating to: eligibility to receive occupational credentials for recipients of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did WI AB 759 pass?

Yes. WI AB 759 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-04-09): Published 4-10-2026

What is WI AB 759 about?

WI AB 759 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: eligibility to receive occupational credentials for recipients of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 759?

Subeck, Stroud, Sinicki and 21 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 759, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-12-17
Latest action: 2026-04-09 — Published 4-10-2026
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-04-09
Published 4-10-2026
became-law
2026-04-09
Report approved by the Governor on 4-9-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 240
executive-signature
2026-04-02
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
executive-receipt
2026-03-20
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
2026-03-20
Report correctly enrolled on 3-20-2026
enrolled
2026-03-19
Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
2026-03-18
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2026-03-17
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-03-17
Senators Hesselbein, Smith and Drake added as cosponsors
2026-03-17
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 31, Noes 2
passage,reading-3
2026-03-17
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-03-17
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-03-17
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-03-17
Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up
2026-03-11
Available for scheduling
2026-03-11
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-11
Executive action taken
2026-03-03
Senator Wirch added as a cosponsor
2026-03-03
Public hearing held
2026-02-25
Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-23
Received from Assembly
receipt
2026-02-19
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-19
Representative Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
2026-02-19
Read a third time and passed
passage,reading-3
2026-02-19
Rules suspended
2026-02-19
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-19
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage
2026-02-19
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-19
Representatives Miresse, Andraca, Hysell, Mayadev, Stubbs, Anderson and Tenorio added as coauthors
2026-02-19
Made a special order of business at 9:32 PM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 15
2026-02-13
Representative Madison added as a coauthor
2026-01-15
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2026-01-15
Report passage recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-14
Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor
2026-01-14
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens
amendment-introduction
2026-01-14
Executive action taken
2026-01-14
Public hearing held
2026-01-07
Representative Joers added as a coauthor
2026-01-06
Representative Phelps added as a coauthor
2025-12-30
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-12-17
Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-12-17
Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Snyder, Duchow, Franklin, Novak, Rodriguez, Krug, Allen, Ortiz-Velez, Rivera-Wagner, Clancy, Emerson, Goodwin, Hong, Kirsch, Kreibich, McCarville, Melotik, Mursau, Neubauer, Prado, Sinicki, Stroud and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators James, Tomczyk, Carpenter and Larson
introduction

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Votes

Report passage recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 0
2026-01-15 · pass · 7-0
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0
2026-03-11 · pass · 5-0
CONCURRENCE
2026-03-17 · pass · 31-2
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JAMES: yes
- SMITH: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- JOHNSON: yes
- SPREITZER: yes
- CARPENTER: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: yes
- KEYESKI: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- DRAKE: yes
- LARSON: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- WALL: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- HABUSH SINYKIN: yes
- PFAFF: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- HESSELBEIN: yes
- QUINN: yes
- WIRCH: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- RATCLIFF: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- ROYS: yes
- JACQUE: no
- NASS: no

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Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab759

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