republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-2.md

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Bill	Relating to: requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time.	Relating to: requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time.	us/states/wi	Wisconsin Legislature	2025	AB 2	Wisconsin AB 2 (2025)	bill		enacted	B. Jacobson Dittrich Donovan Green Kitchens Knodl Melotik Murphy Mursau Nedweski O'Connor Steffen Tusler	2	34	5	2025-02-03T06:00:00+00:00	2025-10-31T05:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/09561fe3-1c82-4172-829b-d455f89aedf2	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab2	1599614f94fbb6370a3eb459645bd3e3e15db01e58754f83c3fc57ab13ae8097	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wi

Wisconsin AB 2 (2025) — Relating to: requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time.

Version chain

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

1. Assembly Amendment 1 (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• PASSAGE — 53–45 (pass) · lower
• CONCURRENCE — 29–4 (pass) · upper
• Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 4, Noes 2 — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 4, Noes 2 — 4–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Jacobson — primary (person)
• Dittrich — primary (person)
• Donovan — primary (person)
• Green — primary (person)
• Kitchens — primary (person)
• Knodl — primary (person)
• Melotik — primary (person)
• Murphy — primary (person)
• Mursau — primary (person)
• Nedweski — primary (person)
• O'Connor — primary (person)
• Steffen — primary (person)
• Tusler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-03T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Knodl, Dittrich, Donovan, Green, B. Jacobson, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Steffen and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara and Feyen introduction
• 2025-02-03T06:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to Committee on Science, Technology, and AI reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-02-11T06:00:00+00:00 Public hearing held
• 2025-02-12T06:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens
• 2025-02-13T06:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken
• 2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00 Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 4, Noes 2 committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00 Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 4, Noes 2 committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00 Referred to calendar of 2-19-2025 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1) referral
• 2025-02-18T06:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens
• 2025-02-19T06:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2025-02-19T06:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-02-19T06:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 1 adopted amendment-passage
• 2025-02-19T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2025-02-19T06:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-19T06:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 45 passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-19T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2025-02-20T06:00:00+00:00 Received from Assembly receipt
• 2025-02-21T06:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to committee on Education referral-committee
• 2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing held
• 2025-04-11T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken
• 2025-04-11T05:00:00+00:00 Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 1 committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-11T05:00:00+00:00 Available for scheduling
• 2025-10-13T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
• 2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading reading-3
• 2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
• 2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 29, Noes 4 passage, reading-3
• 2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00 Received from Senate concurred in receipt
• 2025-10-20T05:00:00+00:00 LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
• 2025-10-20T05:00:00+00:00 Report correctly enrolled on 10-20-2025 enrolled
• 2025-10-29T05:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor on 10-29-2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-10-31T05:00:00+00:00 Report approved by the Governor on 10-31-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 42 executive-signature
• 2025-10-31T05:00:00+00:00 Published 11-1-2025 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/09561fe3-1c82-4172-829b-d455f89aedf2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).