2025-2026 Regular SessionWisconsin Legislature

AB5: Requiring school boards to make textbooks, curricula, and instructional materials available for inspection by school district residents.

Legislative Summary

An Act to amend 118.03 (1) and 118.03 (4); to create 118.03 (1m) and 118.032 of the statutes; Relating to: requiring school boards to make textbooks, curricula, and instructional materials available for inspection by school district residents.

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Bill History

2/3/2025
Introduced
State Assembly
2/3/2025
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
State Assembly
2/6/2025
Public hearing held
State Assembly
2/13/2025
Executive action taken
State Assembly
2/17/2025
Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor
State Assembly
2/17/2025
Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 4
State Assembly
2/17/2025
Referred to calendar of 2-19-2025 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1)
State Assembly
2/18/2025
Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor
State Assembly
2/19/2025
Read a second time
State Assembly
2/19/2025
Ordered to a third reading
State Assembly
2/19/2025
Rules suspended
State Assembly
2/19/2025
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 54, Noes 43
State Assembly
2/19/2025
Ordered immediately messaged
State Assembly
2/20/2025
Received from Assembly
Senate
2/21/2025
Read first time and referred to committee on Education
Senate
5/6/2025
Public hearing held
Senate
5/16/2025
Executive action taken
Senate
5/16/2025
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 3, Noes 2
Senate
5/16/2025
Available for scheduling
Senate

Roll Call Votes

Assembly: Read a third time and passed
2/19/2025
54
Yea
43
Nay
2
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED