Wisconsin House Bill 495

---

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 50)
Status: Failed on March 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to repeal 20.255 (2) (ab), 121.105 (5) and 121.91 (2m) (j) 2.; to renumber and amend 121.91 (2m) (j) 2m.; to amend 20.255 (2) (ac), 118.40 (2r) (e) 2p. a., 121.905 (3) (c) 6., 121.905 (3) (c) 9., 121.91 (2m) (j) 3., 121.91 (2m) (r) 1. b. and 121.91 (2m) (s) 1. b.; to create 20.255 (2) (ab), 121.105 (5) and 121.91 (2m) (j) 2m. b. of the statutes; Relating to: general equalization aids, supplemental hold harmless aid, the per pupil adjustment for school district revenue limits, and making an appropriation. (FE)

General equalization aids, supplemental hold harmless aid, the per pupil adjustment for school district revenue limits, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Rep. Joan Fitzgerald [D]	Rep. Sequanna Taylor [D]	Rep. Clinton Anderson [D]	Rep. Deb Andraca [D]
Rep. Margaret Arney [D]	Rep. Mike Bare [D]	Rep. Jill Billings [D]	Rep. Brienne Brown [D]
Rep. Karen DeSanto [D]	Rep. Ben DeSmidt [D]	Rep. Steve Doyle [D]	Rep. Jodi Emerson [D]
Rep. Russell Goodwin [D]	Rep. Kalan Haywood [D]	Rep. Andrew Hysell [D]	Rep. Alex Joers [D]
Rep. Tara Johnson [D]	Rep. Karen Kirsch [D]	Rep. Renuka Mayadev [D]	Rep. Maureen McCarville [D]
Rep. Tip McGuire [D]	Rep. Vinnie Miresse [D]	Rep. Supreme Omokunde [D]	Rep. Greta Neubauer [D]
Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez [D]	Rep. Lori Palmeri [D]	Rep. Pricilla Prado [D]	Rep. Amaad Rivera-Wagner [D]
Rep. Ann Roe [D]	Rep. Joe Sheehan [D]	Rep. Christine Sinicki [D]	Rep. Lee Snodgrass [D]
Rep. Ryan Spaude [D]	Rep. Angela Stroud [D]	Rep. Shelia Stubbs [D]	Rep. Lisa Subeck [D]
Rep. Angelito Tenorio [D]	Rep. Randy Udell [D]	Sen. Kelda Roys [D]	Sen. Kristin Dassler-Alfheim [D]
Sen. Dora Drake [D]	Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin [D]	Sen. Dianne Hesselbein [D]	Sen. LaTonya Johnson [D]
Sen. Sarah Keyeski [D]	Sen. Brad Pfaff [D]	Sen. Melissa Ratcliff [D]	Sen. Jeff Smith [D]
Sen. Mark Spreitzer [D]	Sen. Jamie Wall [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	House	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2026-03-20	House	Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
2025-10-27	House	Fiscal estimate received
2025-10-09	House	Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
2025-10-09	House	Introduced

SB491 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab495
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB495.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/ab495/ab495_dpi.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/assembly/education/1984156.pdf