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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 61: Relating to: excluding expenditures funded by referenda from shared costs for the purpose of determining equalization aid for school districts. (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

SB 61 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: excluding expenditures funded by referenda from shared costs for the purpose of determining equalization aid for school districts. (FE). Primary sponsor: Julian Bradley (Republican), Steve Nass (Republican). It lists 12 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): Republican 14

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Julian BradleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate28
Steve NassPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Scott AllenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse82
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Lindee BrillCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Dave MaxeyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Shae SortwellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Chuck WichgersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84

“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. Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
  4. Introduced by Senators Bradley and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Allen, Maxey, Behnke, Brill, Dittrich, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Sortwell and Wichgers

Sources

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