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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to: requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time."
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description: "Relating to: requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
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legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "AB 2"
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citation: "Wisconsin AB 2 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["B. Jacobson", "Dittrich", "Donovan", "Green", "Kitchens", "Knodl", "Melotik", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Nedweski", "O'Connor", "Steffen", "Tusler"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-02-03T06:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-10-31T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09561fe3-1c82-4172-829b-d455f89aedf2"
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source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab2"
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source_hash: "1599614f94fbb6370a3eb459645bd3e3e15db01e58754f83c3fc57ab13ae8097"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
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---
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# Wisconsin AB 2 (2025) — Relating to: requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB2-AA1-AA1)
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2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB2)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **53–45** (pass) · lower
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- CONCURRENCE — **29–4** (pass) · upper
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- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 4, Noes 2 — **4–2** (pass) · lower
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- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 4, Noes 2 — **4–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- B. Jacobson — primary (person)
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- Dittrich — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Green — primary (person)
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- Kitchens — primary (person)
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- Knodl — primary (person)
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- Melotik — primary (person)
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- Murphy — primary (person)
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- Mursau — primary (person)
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- Nedweski — primary (person)
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- O'Connor — primary (person)
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- Steffen — primary (person)
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- Tusler — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **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`
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- **2025-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Science, Technology, and AI `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
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- **2025-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens
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- **2025-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2025-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to calendar of 2-19-2025 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1) `referral`
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- **2025-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens
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- **2025-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 45 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
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- **2025-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
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- **2025-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Education `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
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- **2025-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
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- **2025-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
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- **2025-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
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- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
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- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 29, Noes 4 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
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- **2025-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
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- **2025-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
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- **2025-10-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 10-20-2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-10-29T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 10-29-2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 10-31-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 42 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Published 11-1-2025 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09561fe3-1c82-4172-829b-d455f89aedf2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
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