2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 500

Relating to: prohibiting corporal punishment in public and private schools.

In committee Last action July 2, 2026: Representative McGuire added as a coauthor

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

Sponsors 21

Prime sponsors

Andraca, Bare, Billings, Clancy, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Haywood, Joers, Johnson, Madison, Mayadev, Miresse, Phelps, Roe, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio

Status

In committee as of July 2, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Assembly Education (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 5

Date	Chamber	Action
July 2, 2026	Assembly	Representative McGuire added as a coauthor
March 23, 2026	Assembly	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
October 28, 2025	Assembly	Representative Sheehan added as a coauthor
October 9, 2025	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
October 9, 2025	Assembly	Introduced by Representatives Clancy, Mayadev, Andraca, Bare, Billings, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Joers, Johnson, Madison, Miresse, Phelps, Roe, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Subeck, Tenorio, Haywood and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Roys, Hesselbein, Larson, Ratcliff and Spreitzer

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.