Wisconsin Senate Bill 604

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23)
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 amend 115.28 (7) (b), 118.19 (1), 118.19 (1b), 118.19 (1c) (b) (intro.), 118.19 (3) (a), 118.19 (3) (b), 118.19 (10) (b) 1., 118.191 (2) (a), 118.191 (2) (b), 118.191 (2m), 118.191 (3), 118.191 (4), 118.192 (4), 118.60 (2) (a) 6. a., 118.60 (2) (a) 6. b., 119.23 (2) (a) 6. a. and 119.23 (2) (a) 6. b.; to create 115.7915 (2) (i), 118.60 (2) (a) 6m., 118.60 (2) (c) 3., 118.60 (2) (c) 4., 119.23 (2) (a) 6m., 119.23 (2) (c) 3. and 119.23 (2) (c) 4. of the statutes; Relating to: teacher and administrator licensure in parental choice programs and in the Special Needs Scholarship Program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Teacher and administrator licensure in parental choice programs and in the Special Needs Scholarship Program and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Sen. Sarah Keyeski [D]	Sen. Christopher Larson [D]	Sen. Timothy Carpenter [D]	Sen. Dianne Hesselbein [D]
Sen. Kristin Dassler-Alfheim [D]	Sen. Melissa Ratcliff [D]	Sen. Kelda Roys [D]	Sen. Mark Spreitzer [D]
Rep. Joan Fitzgerald [D]	Rep. Joe Sheehan [D]	Rep. Greta Neubauer [D]	Rep. Clinton Anderson [D]
Rep. Ryan Clancy [D]	Rep. Ben DeSmidt [D]	Rep. Alex Joers [D]	Rep. Tara Johnson [D]
Rep. Karen Kirsch [D]	Rep. Darrin Madison [D]	Rep. Vinnie Miresse [D]	Rep. Ann Roe [D]
Rep. Christine Sinicki [D]	Rep. Angelito Tenorio [D]	Rep. Randy Udell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2026-03-19	Senate	Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
2026-01-12	Senate	Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
2025-11-03	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2025-10-30	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
2025-10-30	Senate	Introduced

AB620 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb604
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB604.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/sb604/sb604_dpi.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/senate/education/1991834.pdf