---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: payments to an independent charter school authorized by a tribal college. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: payments to an independent charter school authorized by a tribal college. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "AB 420"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 420 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandtjen", "Brooks", "Cabral-Guevara", "Dittrich", "Duchow", "Edming", "J. Rodriguez", "Mursau", "Novak", "Rozar", "Schraa", "Skowronski", "Tusler"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae19dfc7-4169-4aa0-bdbe-ea0f5e4c22a8"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab420"
source_hash: "598b7ef8726fca09b0957a3a9fdd3840339a96deb26ca8c7bb4568daaf049c5c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin AB 420 (2021) — Relating to: payments to an independent charter school authorized by a tribal college. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/AB420)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brandtjen — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Cabral-Guevara — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- J. Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Rozar — primary (person)
- Schraa — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Duchow, Edming, Mursau, Brandtjen, Brooks, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Novak, J. Rodriguez, Rozar, Skowronski, Tusler and Schraa; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga and Felzkowski `introduction`
- **2021-06-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-28T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Loudenbeck added as a coauthor
- **2021-06-29T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
- **2021-07-01T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-07-12T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-08-18T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-09-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-09-22T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Penterman added as a coauthor
- **2021-09-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-23T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-09-23T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 9-28-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-09-29T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2021-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-10-21T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-10-21T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-21T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-28-2022 `enrolled`
- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2022 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 219 `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-9-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ae19dfc7-4169-4aa0-bdbe-ea0f5e4c22a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).