2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 317

Relating to: a Department of Children and Families program to make payments to child care programs, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

In committee Last action March 23, 2026: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov

Sponsors 44

Prime sponsors

Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, Cruz, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Doyle, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Haywood, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Joers, 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, Vining

Status

In committee as of March 23, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Assembly Children and Families (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 3

Date	Chamber	Action
March 23, 2026	Assembly	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
July 8, 2025	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on Children and Families
July 8, 2025	Assembly	Introduced by Representatives Mayadev, Joers, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Billings, Brown, Clancy, Cruz, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Doyle, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Haywood, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, McCarville, McGuire, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell and Vining; cosponsored by Senators Keyeski, Roys, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Pfaff, Larson, Ratcliff, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch

Data: Open States (bulk data, October 1, 2026 monthly extract, which has no roll-call tallies; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.