2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 71

Relating to: school district operating referenda.

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 18

Prime sponsors

Allen, B. Jacobson, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Donovan, Duchow, Goeben, Green, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Murphy, Nedweski, Neylon, O'Connor, Wichgers, Zimmerman

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 Education (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 5

Date	Chamber	Action
March 23, 2026	Assembly	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
June 12, 2025	Assembly	Public hearing held
February 25, 2025	Assembly	Representative Melotik added as a coauthor
February 24, 2025	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
February 24, 2025	Assembly	Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Dittrich, Allen, Behnke, Brill, Donovan, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Kreibich, Maxey, Murphy, Neylon, O'Connor, Wichgers, Zimmerman and Nedweski; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Nass and Tomczyk

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.