---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: professional development for science teachers. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: professional development for science teachers. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 592"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 592 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Franklin", "Knodl", "Novak", "O'Connor", "Penterman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-10-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c22343ff-6597-4dc8-a6c5-2347b628c9fb"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab592"
source_hash: "5318c0554f8cbf9e536fa3d0d1dbeb5725d570a6446bc1d65d1ecd6765a2d8e8"
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 592 (2025) — Relating to: professional development for science teachers. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB592-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB592)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 4 — **7–4** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **68–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Franklin — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Franklin, Knodl, Novak, O'Connor and Penterman; cosponsored by Senator Jagler `introduction`
- **2025-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2025-11-11T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 4 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
- **2025-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Franklin
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 68, Noes 30 `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 1-23-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-12-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-13-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 95 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-14-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c22343ff-6597-4dc8-a6c5-2347b628c9fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).