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AB1179 • 2025

creating WisEARNS, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation

creating WisEARNS, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation

Budget
Active

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Sponsor
Representatives Bare, Mayadev, Roe, Arney, Joers, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud, Stubbs, Udell, Anderson and Prado, cosponsored by Senators Hesselbein, Carpenter, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer
Last action
2026-04-07
Official status
A - Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2026-04-07 Asm.

    Fiscal estimate received

  2. 2026-03-23 Asm.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  3. 2026-03-20 Asm.

    Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  4. 2026-03-19 Asm.

    Introduced by Representatives Bare , Mayadev , Roe , Arney , Joers , Sheehan , Sinicki , Stroud , Stubbs , Udell , Anderson and Prado ; cosponsored by Senators Hesselbein , Carpenter , Larson , Ratcliff , Roys and Spreitzer

  5. 2026-03-19 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment

Official Summary Text

creating WisEARNS, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation
Status: A - Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment