republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2025/sb-785.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: including information about investigations of license holders in an online licensing portal maintained by the Department of Public Instruction. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: including information about investigations of license holders in an online licensing portal maintained by the Department of Public Instruction. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 785"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 785 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacque", "Jagler", "Nass", "Quinn", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-22T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62632a36-85e9-496a-91b0-407d0032c254"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb785"
source_hash: "a8ba059ebfe6ae96c99b08ebd8326fce72e966e7677823a9d05e3920df04ab6e"
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 785 (2025) — Relating to: including information about investigations of license holders in an online licensing portal maintained by the Department of Public Instruction. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/SB785-ASA2)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB785)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE AS AMENDED — **66–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jacque — primary (person)
- Jagler — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Jagler, Quinn, Wanggaard, Jacque and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Gustafson, Goeben, Penterman, Tusler, B. Jacobson, O'Connor, Dittrich, Green, Maxey, Kreibich and Murphy `introduction`
- **2025-12-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Education `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-12-22T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Knodl added as a cosponsor
- **2026-01-02T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2026-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2026-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 1:23 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Neubauer
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Gustafson
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 66, Noes 32 `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage, receipt`
- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 concurred in
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Smith added as a coauthor
- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Action ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-3-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 185 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-4-2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62632a36-85e9-496a-91b0-407d0032c254`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).