Requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time
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Officially: “requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time.” Read the full text
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2025-2026 legislature
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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 · Feb 3, 2025
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Read first time and referred to Committee on Science, Technology, and AI · Feb 3, 2025
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Public hearing held · Feb 11, 2025
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Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens · Feb 12, 2025
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Executive action taken · Feb 13, 2025
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Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 4, Noes 2 · Feb 17, 2025
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Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Science, Technology, and AI, Ayes 4, Noes 2 · Feb 17, 2025
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Referred to calendar of 2-19-2025 pursuant to Assembly Rule 45 (1) · Feb 17, 2025
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Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Kitchens · Feb 18, 2025
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Read a second time · Feb 19, 2025
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Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Amendment 1 adopted · Feb 19, 2025
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Assembly Amendment 1 adopted · Feb 19, 2025
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Ordered to a third reading · Feb 19, 2025
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Rules suspended · Feb 19, 2025
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Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 45 · Feb 19, 2025
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Ordered immediately messaged · Feb 19, 2025
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Received from Assembly · Feb 20, 2025
Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Education · Feb 21, 2025
Senate
Public hearing held · Mar 13, 2025
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Executive action taken · Apr 11, 2025
Senate
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 1 · Apr 11, 2025
Senate
Available for scheduling · Apr 11, 2025
Senate
Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) · Oct 13, 2025
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Read a second time · Oct 14, 2025
Senate
Ordered to a third reading · Oct 14, 2025
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Rules suspended to give bill its third reading · Oct 14, 2025
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Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 29, Noes 4 · Oct 14, 2025
Senate
Ordered immediately messaged · Oct 14, 2025
Senate
Received from Senate concurred in · Oct 14, 2025
Assembly
LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1) · Oct 20, 2025
Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 10-20-2025 · Oct 20, 2025
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Presented to the Governor on 10-29-2025 · Oct 29, 2025
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Report approved by the Governor on 10-31-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 42 · Oct 31, 2025
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Published 11-1-2025 · Oct 31, 2025
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The numbers
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sponsors on the bill
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Recorded votes
CONCURRENCESenate · 2025-10-14 · AYES 29, NAYS 4, NOT VOTING 0
PASSAGEAssembly · 2025-02-19 · AYES 53, NAYS 45, NOT VOTING 1, PAIRED 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Wisconsin legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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