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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 638: Relating to: student financial protection at certain private postsecondary schools. (FE)

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 638 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on November 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: student financial protection at certain private postsecondary schools. (FE). Primary sponsor: Angelito Tenorio (Democratic), Ryan Clancy (Democratic), Ben DeSmidt (Democratic), Margaret Arney (Democratic), Mike Bare (Democratic), Joan Fitzgerald (Democratic), Francesca Hong (Democratic), Karen Kirsch (Democratic), Darrin Madison (Democratic), Maureen McCarville (Democratic), Vinnie Miresse (Democratic), Supreme Moore Omokunde (Democratic), Amaad Rivera-Wagner (Democratic), Joe Sheehan (Democratic), Angela Stroud (Democratic), Shelia Stubbs (Democratic), Tara Johnson (Democratic), Sequanna Taylor (Democratic). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 22

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Angelito TenorioPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Ryan ClancyPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Ben DeSmidtPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Margaret ArneyPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BarePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Joan FitzgeraldPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Francesca HongPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse76
Karen KirschPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse7
Darrin MadisonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Maureen McCarvillePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Vinnie MiressePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Supreme Moore OmokundePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Amaad Rivera-WagnerPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Joe SheehanPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Angela StroudPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Shelia StubbsPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Tara JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Sequanna TaylorPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse11
Tim CarpenterCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Dianne HesselbeinCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Chris LarsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Bob WirchCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate22

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Fiscal estimate received
  3. Representative Vining added as a coauthor
  4. Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
  5. Representative Phelps added as a coauthor
  6. Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities
  7. Introduced by Representatives Tenorio, Clancy, DeSmidt, Arney, Bare, Fitzgerald, Hong, Kirsch, Madison, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Rivera-Wagner, Sheehan, Stroud, Stubbs, Johnson and Taylor; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Hesselbein and Wirch

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source