---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: directing school boards to provide instruction on Hmong Americans and Asian Americans."
description: "Relating to: directing school boards to provide instruction on Hmong Americans and Asian Americans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 232"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 232 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Andraca", "Armstrong", "Baldeh", "Behnke", "C. Anderson", "Cabrera", "Clancy", "Conley", "Considine", "Donovan", "Doyle", "Drake", "Emerson", "Goyke", "Hong", "Jacobson", "Joers", "Kitchens", "Madison", "Mursau", "Ortiz-Velez", "Palmeri", "Ratcliff", "Shankland", "Shelton", "Sinicki", "Snyder", "Stubbs", "Subeck", "Tusler", "Vining"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-04-05T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e43ad9f-22fd-4e89-a752-f9fda7e7dbcb"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab232"
source_hash: "3a00c44a160f9957753f948ad407654d094e58380a94c6052050aae28af9478b"
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 232 (2023) — Relating to: directing school boards to provide instruction on Hmong Americans and Asian Americans.

## 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/2023/REG/AB232)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Andraca — primary (person)
- Armstrong — primary (person)
- Baldeh — primary (person)
- Behnke — primary (person)
- C. Anderson — primary (person)
- Cabrera — primary (person)
- Clancy — primary (person)
- Conley — primary (person)
- Considine — primary (person)
- Donovan — primary (person)
- Doyle — primary (person)
- Drake — primary (person)
- Emerson — primary (person)
- Goyke — primary (person)
- Hong — primary (person)
- Jacobson — primary (person)
- Joers — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Madison — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
- Palmeri — primary (person)
- Ratcliff — primary (person)
- Shankland — primary (person)
- Shelton — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Stubbs — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- Vining — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Snyder, Tusler, Hong, Shankland, C. Anderson, Andraca, Armstrong, Baldeh, Behnke, Cabrera, Clancy, Conley, Considine, Donovan, Doyle, Drake, Emerson, Goyke, Jacobson, Joers, Kitchens, Madison, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Stubbs, Subeck, Vining, Sinicki, Allen and Shelton; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, James, Agard, Cabral-Guevara, Pfaff and Spreitzer `introduction`
- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Bare and Billings added as coauthors
- **2023-05-03T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
- **2023-05-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-06-05T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Hesselbein added as a cosponsor
- **2023-08-01T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor
- **2023-08-02T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ohnstad added as a coauthor
- **2023-08-28T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Larson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-09-18T05:00:00+00:00** Representative McGuire added as a coauthor
- **2023-10-10T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-10-30T05:00:00+00:00** Senator L. Johnson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
- **2023-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Riemer added as a coauthor
- **2023-11-21T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Haywood added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 13, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Neubauer added as a coauthor
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-12-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-4-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 266 `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-5-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e43ad9f-22fd-4e89-a752-f9fda7e7dbcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).