republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2017-regular-session/ab-280.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: incorporating financial literacy into the curriculum of public schools."
description: "Relating to: incorporating financial literacy into the curriculum of public schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "AB 280"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 280 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Berceau", "Born", "Brandtjen", "Crowley", "Doyle", "E. Brooks", "Edming", "Felzkowski", "Fields", "Genrich", "Katsma", "Krug", "Kuglitsch", "Kulp", "Macco", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Novak", "Petryk", "Ripp", "Sanfelippo", "Skowronski", "Spiros", "Stafsholt", "Subeck", "Summerfield", "Tauchen", "Tranel", "Tusler", "Vruwink"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-04-24T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32edbcd0-9cd1-43d3-95a2-30c2e2fbddbc"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab280"
source_hash: "453c903bef01de4c36759433cc98f7fd51824acfc4b32ba5755e4c983eecb53b"
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 280 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: incorporating financial literacy into the curriculum of public schools.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/AB280)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Berceau — primary (person)
- Born — primary (person)
- Brandtjen — primary (person)
- Crowley — primary (person)
- Doyle — primary (person)
- E. Brooks — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Fields — primary (person)
- Genrich — primary (person)
- Katsma — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Macco — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Petryk — primary (person)
- Ripp — primary (person)
- Sanfelippo — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Stafsholt — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Summerfield — primary (person)
- Tauchen — primary (person)
- Tranel — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- Vruwink — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Krug, Fields, Ballweg, Berceau, Born, Brandtjen, E. Brooks, Crowley, Doyle, Edming, Felzkowski, Genrich, Katsma, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Macco, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Petryk, Ripp, Sanfelippo, Skowronski, Spiros, Stafsholt, Subeck, Summerfield, Tauchen, Tranel, Tusler and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, L. Taylor, Marklein, Carpenter, Craig, Lasee, Testin, Wanggaard and Wirch `introduction`
- **2017-04-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions
- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Billings added as a coauthor
- **2017-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Zepnick added as a coauthor
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Bowen added as a coauthor
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Financial Institutions, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-21-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Spreitzer and Young added as coauthors
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-06-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2017-06-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2017-08-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-08-22T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Johnson added as a cosponsor
- **2017-08-31T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-08-31T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-08-31T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-09-20T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Hansen added as a cosponsor
- **2017-10-27T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-31-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2017-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-6-2017
- **2017-11-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-28-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-30-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 94 `executive-signature`
- **2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-1-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32edbcd0-9cd1-43d3-95a2-30c2e2fbddbc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).