republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2021/sb-69.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: incorporating the Holocaust and other genocides into the state model social studies standards and requiring instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: incorporating the Holocaust and other genocides into the state model social studies standards and requiring instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 69"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 69 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Agard", "Carpenter", "Darling", "Erpenbach", "Felzkowski", "Feyen", "Jacque", "Johnson", "Larson", "Pfaff", "Ringhand", "Roys", "Wanggaard", "Wirch"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-04-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0efc249-323f-44b7-9535-ec2f1955667c"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb69"
source_hash: "440a204d6201597a2723a4dc4d45a6929d9934f1c0299be048f26b36cfdfd5ea"
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 69 (2021) — Relating to: incorporating the Holocaust and other genocides into the state model social studies standards and requiring instruction on the Holocaust and other genocides. (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/2021/REG/SB69)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Agard — primary (person)
- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)
- Erpenbach — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Jacque — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Pfaff — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
- Roys — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)
- Wirch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Darling, Agard, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Felzkowski, Feyen, Jacque, Johnson, Larson, Pfaff, Ringhand, Roys, Wanggaard and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Plumer, Subeck, Skowronski, Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Billings, Bowen, Brooks, Brostoff, Cabrera, Callahan, Conley, Considine, Dittrich, Doyle, Drake, Duchow, Edming, Emerson, Goyke, Gundrum, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Hong, Katsma, Kerkman, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Magnafici, B. Meyers, Milroy, Mursau, L. Myers, Neubauer, Novak, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Pronschinske, Riemer, J. Rodriguez, S. Rodriguez, Rozar, Schraa, Shankland, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Snyder, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Stubbs, Tauchen, Tittl, Tusler, Vining, Vos, Vruwink and Wichgers `introduction`
- **2021-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Allen added as a cosponsor
- **2021-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Ramthun added as a cosponsor
- **2021-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-16-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator L. Taylor
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Passed
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)
- **2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 4-13-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives August, Petryk, Vorpagel and Loudenbeck added as cosponsors
- **2021-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-04-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-22-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-28-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 30 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-29-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0efc249-323f-44b7-9535-ec2f1955667c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).