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WI SB 590

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Relating to: faculty tenure and probationary appointments at University of Wisconsin System institutions and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WI SB 590 pass?

No. WI SB 590 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 590 about?

WI SB 590 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: faculty tenure and probationary appointments at University of Wisconsin System institutions and granting rule-making authority. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI SB 590?

Wirch, Wall, Spreitzer and 10 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 590.

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

  1. 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 DeSmidt, Vining, Joers, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, DeSanto, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Haywood, Hong, Hysell, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, McGuire, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell and Ortiz-Velez

    introduction

  2. 2025-10-24

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-11-03

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  4. 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/sen/bill/sb590

Attribution

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