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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 857: Relating to: climate change scholarships and making an appropriation. (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 857 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on January 16, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: climate change scholarships and making an appropriation. (FE). Primary sponsor: Jill Billings (Democratic), Margaret Arney (Democratic), Mike Bare (Democratic), Ben DeSmidt (Democratic), Alex Joers (Democratic), Darrin Madison (Democratic), Supreme Moore Omokunde (Democratic), Greta Neubauer (Democratic), Lori Palmeri (Democratic), Joe Sheehan (Democratic), Christine Sinicki (Democratic), Angela Stroud (Democratic), Sequanna Taylor (Democratic), Angelito Tenorio (Democratic), Robyn Vining (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 20

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Jill BillingsPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Margaret ArneyPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse18
Mike BarePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Ben DeSmidtPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Alex JoersPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Darrin MadisonPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Supreme Moore OmokundePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse17
Greta NeubauerPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse66
Lori PalmeriPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Joe SheehanPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Christine SinickiPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Angela StroudPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Sequanna TaylorPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse11
Angelito TenorioPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse14
Robyn ViningPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse13
Tim CarpenterCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Dianne HesselbeinCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate27
LaTonya JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Jeff SmithCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Mark SpreitzerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15

“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. Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
  3. Representative Mayadev added as a coauthor
  4. Representative Clancy added as a coauthor
  5. Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities
  6. Introduced by Representatives Billings, Arney, Bare, DeSmidt, Joers, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud, Taylor, Tenorio and Vining; cosponsored by Senators Smith, Carpenter, Hesselbein, L. Johnson and Spreitzer

Sources

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