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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 268: Relating to: prohibiting corporal punishment in public and private schools.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 268 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on May 20, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: prohibiting corporal punishment in public and private schools. Primary sponsor: Kelda Roys (Democratic), Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Chris Larson (Democratic), Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic). It lists 19 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (July 2, 2026): Representative McGuire added as a cosponsor.

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 24

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Kelda RoysPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Dianne HesselbeinPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate27
Chris LarsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate7
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
Deb AndracaCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse23
Mike BareCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse80
Jill BillingsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Ryan ClancyCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse19
Karen DeSantoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Ben DeSmidtCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse65
Jodi EmersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Joan FitzgeraldCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse46
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Darrin MadisonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse10
Renuka MayadevCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse77
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Christian PhelpsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Lee SnodgrassCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse52
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Angelito TenorioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14

“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. Representative McGuire added as a cosponsor
  2. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  3. Representative Sheehan added as a cosponsor
  4. Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor
  5. Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor
  6. Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
  7. Introduced by Senators Roys, Hesselbein, Larson, Ratcliff and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Clancy, Mayadev, Andraca, Bare, Billings, DeSanto, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Joers, Johnson, Madison, Miresse, Phelps, Roe, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Subeck and Tenorio

Sources

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