---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: pupils wearing traditional tribal regalia at a graduation ceremony or school-sponsored event."
description: "Relating to: pupils wearing traditional tribal regalia at a graduation ceremony or school-sponsored event."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 98"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 98 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-03T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32f5d008-718b-4336-86f7-ba79fb3d1afb"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab98"
source_hash: "eafa4de34edb7b02a882f721f1a19c87ef4a89bd5a55d649d58f575a83171391"
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 98 (2025) — Relating to: pupils wearing traditional tribal regalia at a graduation ceremony or school-sponsored event.

## 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/AB98)

## 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 State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0 — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Legislative Council — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Joint Legislative Council `introduction`
- **2025-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2025-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Jacque added as a cosponsor
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Vining added as a coauthor
- **2025-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Miresse added as a coauthor
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 10, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-18-2025 by Committee on Rules
- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Stroud, Stubbs and Joers added as coauthors
- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2025-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2025-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2025-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2025-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
- **2026-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-25-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 222 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-9-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32f5d008-718b-4336-86f7-ba79fb3d1afb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).