---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: administration of the online early learning pilot program in the 2022-23 school year."
description: "Relating to: administration of the online early learning pilot program in the 2022-23 school year."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 828"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 828 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernier", "Darling"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-01-06T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee537afc-a086-4e97-b7bf-c04bdb94db99"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb828"
source_hash: "d3cc51a95197f2b94540193797660ef209b10836f80270836c4333218e5e36cb"
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 SB 828 (2021) — Relating to: administration of the online early learning pilot program in the 2022-23 school year.

## 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/SB828)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **21–12** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 3 — **4–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernier — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Darling and Bernier; cosponsored by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Wittke and L. Myers `introduction`
- **2022-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 21, Noes 12 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 by Committee on Rules
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **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
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-03-30T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-30-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-31-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 215 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-1-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee537afc-a086-4e97-b7bf-c04bdb94db99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).