republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/ab-759.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: eligibility to receive occupational credentials for recipients of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: eligibility to receive occupational credentials for recipients of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 759"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 759 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allen", "Clancy", "Duchow", "Emerson", "Franklin", "Goodwin", "Hong", "Kirsch", "Kitchens", "Kreibich", "Krug", "McCarville", "Melotik", "Mursau", "Neubauer", "Novak", "Ortiz-Velez", "Prado", "Rivera-Wagner", "Rodriguez", "Sinicki", "Snyder", "Stroud", "Subeck"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-12-17T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c4dd67e-786a-4eb8-87b5-7adcbb3f0a73"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab759"
source_hash: "42cff1a263161b3b964b55e7c0db36e7b552cf08e5d0706f7f41eb4165fc1063"
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 759 (2025) — Relating to: eligibility to receive occupational credentials for recipients of deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB759-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB759)

## Votes

- CONCURRENCE — **31–2** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Allen — primary (person)
- Clancy — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Emerson — primary (person)
- Franklin — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Hong — primary (person)
- Kirsch — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Kreibich — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- McCarville — primary (person)
- Melotik — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Neubauer — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
- Prado — primary (person)
- Rivera-Wagner — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Stroud — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-17T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Snyder, Duchow, Franklin, Novak, Rodriguez, Krug, Allen, Ortiz-Velez, Rivera-Wagner, Clancy, Emerson, Goodwin, Hong, Kirsch, Kreibich, McCarville, Melotik, Mursau, Neubauer, Prado, Sinicki, Stroud and Subeck; cosponsored by Senators James, Tomczyk, Carpenter and Larson `introduction`
- **2025-12-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-12-30T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2026-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Phelps added as a coauthor
- **2026-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Joers added as a coauthor
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Madison added as a coauthor
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 9:32 PM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 15
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Miresse, Andraca, Hysell, Mayadev, Stubbs, Anderson and Tenorio added as coauthors
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Wirch added as a cosponsor
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Labor and Economic Development, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up
- **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, Ayes 31, Noes 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senators Hesselbein, Smith and Drake added as cosponsors
- **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
- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-20-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- **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 4-9-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 240 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-10-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c4dd67e-786a-4eb8-87b5-7adcbb3f0a73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).