WI SB 581
deadRelating to: shared governance at University of Wisconsin System institutions.
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did WI SB 581 pass?
No. WI SB 581 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 SB 581 about?
WI SB 581 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: shared governance at University of Wisconsin System institutions.”.
Who sponsors WI SB 581?
Wirch, Wall, Spreitzer and 10 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 581.
- Introduced
- 2025-10-24
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Sponsors
- Wirchprimary
- Wallprimary
- Spreitzerprimary
- Roysprimary
- Ratcliffprimary
- Larsonprimary
- Keyeskiprimary
- L. Johnsonprimary
- Habush Sinykinprimary
- Drakeprimary
- Carpenterprimary
- Smithprimary
- Hesselbeinprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-10-24
Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Smith, Carpenter, Drake, Habush Sinykin, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Joers, Stubbs, Stroud, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Doyle, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Haywood, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, McGuire, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell, Vining and Ortiz-Velez
introduction
2025-10-24
Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-03-23
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Versions
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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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