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IntroducedNov 14, 2025
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Passed SenateJan 21, 2026
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Passed AssemblyFeb 12, 2026
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Became Law
Wisconsin Senate Bill
Relating to: race-based higher education programs and requirements. (FE)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 27, 2026: Report correctly enrolled
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on SB 652
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Whip Lists
Sponsors



- Tomczykprimary
Votes
YES: 53
- ALLEN
- ARMSTRONG
- AUGUST
- BEHNKE
- BORN
- BRILL
- BROOKS
- CALLAHAN
- DALLMAN
- DITTRICH
- DONOVAN
- DUCHOW
- FRANKLIN
- GOEBEN
- GREEN
- GUNDRUM
- GUSTAFSON
- HURD
- JACOBSON, B
- KAUFERT
- KITCHENS
- KNODL
- KREIBICH
- KRUG
- KURTZ
- MAXEY
- MELOTIK
- MOSES
- MURPHY
- MURSAU
- NEDWESKI
- NEYLON
- NOVAK
- O'CONNOR
- PENTERMAN
- PETERSEN
- PIWOWARCZYK
- PRONSCHINSKE
- RODRIGUEZ
- SNYDER
- SORTWELL
- SPIROS
- STEFFEN
- SUMMERFIELD
- SWEARINGEN
- TITTL
- TRANEL
- TUCKER
- TUSLER
- VANDERMEER
- WICHGERS
- WITTKE
- SPEAKER
NO: 45
- ANDERSON
- ANDRACA
- ARNEY
- BARE
- BILLINGS
- BROWN
- CLANCY
- CRUZ
- DESANTO
- DESMIDT
- DOYLE
- EMERSON
- FITZGERALD
- GOODWIN
- HAYWOOD
- HONG
- HYSELL
- JACOBSON, J
- JOERS
- JOHNSON
- KIRSCH
- MADISON
- MAYADEV
- MCCARVILLE
- MCGUIRE
- MIRESSE
- MOORE OMOKUNDE
- NEUBAUER
- ORTIZ-VELEZ
- PALMERI
- PHELPS
- PRADO
- RIVERA-WAGNER
- ROE
- SHEEHAN
- SINICKI
- SNODGRASS
- SPAUDE
- STROUD
- STUBBS
- SUBECK
- TAYLOR
- TENORIO
- UDELL
- VINING
NOT VOTING: 1
Actions
- Feb 27, 2026 | Senate
- Report correctly enrolled
- Feb 18, 2026 | Senate
- Assembly Amendment 1 concurred in
- Action ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 17, 2026 | Senate
- Placed on calendar 2-18-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 13, 2026 | Senate
- Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
- Feb 12, 2026 | Assembly
- Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Read a second time
- Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
- Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Snodgrass
- Assembly Amendment 2 withdrawn and returned to author
- Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Hysell
- Assembly Amendment 3 withdrawn and returned to author
- Assembly Amendment 4 offered by Representative Clancy
- Assembly Amendment 4 withdrawn and returned to author
- Ordered to a third reading
- Rules suspended
- Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 53, Noes 45
- Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 11, 2026 | Assembly
- Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Piwowarczyk and Allen
- Feb 10, 2026 | Assembly
- Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Placed on calendar 2-12-2026 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 22, 2026 | Assembly
- Received from Senate
- Jan 21, 2026 | Senate
- Read a second time
- Ordered to a third reading
- Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Read a third time and passed
- Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 16, 2026 | Senate
- Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Jan 12, 2026 | Senate
- Executive action taken
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Available for scheduling
- Jan 07, 2026 | Senate
- Public hearing held
- Dec 03, 2025 | Senate
- Fiscal estimate received
- Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 02, 2025 | Senate
- Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 25, 2025 | Senate
- Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 14, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced by Senators Wimberger, Nass, Quinn and Tomczyk; cosponsored by Representatives Piwowarczyk, Behnke, Callahan, Dittrich, Goeben, Green, B. Jacobson, Knodl, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Penterman, Tucker and Wichgers
- Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges
Bill Texts
- Text as EnrolledHTML
- Text as EnrolledPDF
- Bill TextHTML
- Bill TextPDF
- Assembly Amendment 1 (adopted 2/13/2026) -- Piwowarczyk, AllenHTML
- Assembly Amendment 1 (adopted 2/13/2026) -- Piwowarczyk, AllenPDF
- Assembly Amendment 2 (offered 2/12/2026) -- SnodgrassHTML
- Assembly Amendment 2 (offered 2/12/2026) -- SnodgrassPDF
- Assembly Amendment 3 (offered 2/12/2026) -- HysellHTML
- Assembly Amendment 3 (offered 2/12/2026) -- HysellPDF
- Assembly Amendment 4 (offered 2/12/2026) -- ClancyHTML
- Assembly Amendment 4 (offered 2/12/2026) -- ClancyPDF
Documents
- Amendment Histories
- LC Amendment Memo
- SB652: Fiscal Estimate From HEAB
- SB652: Fiscal Estimate From MCW
- SB652: Fiscal Estimate From UWS
- SB652: Fiscal Estimate From WTCS
- SB652 ROCP for Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges On 1/12/2026
- SB652 ROCP for Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges On 1/12/2026
- LC Hearing Materials for SB652 on 1/7/2026
- Wisconsin Ethics Commission information
- 2025 Assembly Bill 669
