---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: school board policies on appropriate communication with pupils. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: school board policies on appropriate communication with pupils. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 673"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 673 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marklein", "Nass", "Quinn"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 32
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/576dddad-3177-45cc-a5c1-20b35ccf9a8e"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb673"
source_hash: "a8e80d59b3b9b6948c55eabb091b0c97d29cff5e510e0f8a35d0372c785cddbb"
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 673 (2025) — Relating to: school board policies on appropriate communication with pupils. (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/2025/REG/SB673)
2. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/SB673-SSA1)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **92–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Quinn, Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Nedweski, Behnke, Brill, Callahan, Dittrich, Donovan, Duchow, Franklin, Gustafson, B. Jacobson, Kitchens, Kreibich, Melotik, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Steffen and Tusler `introduction`
- **2025-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-12-02T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Quinn
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Allen added as a cosponsor
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 92, Noes 7 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-5-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-6-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 89 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-7-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/576dddad-3177-45cc-a5c1-20b35ccf9a8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).