# Wisconsin AB948: An Act to repeal 120.12 (29); to amend 115.28 (38), 119.04 (1) and 120.12 (29) (title); to create 120.12 (30) of the statutes; Relating to: policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during the school day in public schools.

Wisconsin AB948, An Act to repeal 120.12 (29); to amend 115.28 (38), 119.04 (1) and 120.12 (29) (title); to create 120.12 (30) of the statutes; Relating to: policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during the school day in public schools., is a 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session) House bill sponsored by David Armstrong (Republican), Lindee Brill (Republican), Barbara Dittrich (Republican) and 9 others; status failed, last action 2026-03-23 (Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Wisconsin AB948
- State: Wisconsin
- Session: 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)
- Title: An Act to repeal 120.12 (29); to amend 115.28 (38), 119.04 (1) and 120.12 (29) (title); to create 120.12 (30) of the statutes; Relating to: policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during the school day in public schools.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-28
- Last action: 2026-03-23, Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Sponsors: David Armstrong (Republican), Lindee Brill (Republican), Barbara Dittrich (Republican), Bob Donovan (Republican), Joel Kitchens (Republican), Daniel Knodl (Republican), David Murphy (Republican), Amanda Nedweski (Republican), Adam Neylon (Republican), Jerry O'Connor (Republican), Jim Piwowarczyk (Republican), Chuck Wichgers (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Data processing, Public Instruction, Department of, School -- Administration, Telephone
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: David Armstrong (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Lindee Brill (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Barbara Dittrich (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Bob Donovan (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Joel Kitchens (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Daniel Knodl (Republican), House
- Sponsor: David Murphy (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Amanda Nedweski (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Adam Neylon (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jerry O'Connor (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jim Piwowarczyk (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Chuck Wichgers (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jamie Wall (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (20)

- 2026-03-23: Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Available for scheduling (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 4, Noes 1 (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Executive action taken (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Public hearing held (Senate)
- 2026-02-25: Read first time and referred to committee on Education (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: Received from Assembly (Senate)
- 2026-02-19: Ordered immediately messaged (House)
- 2026-02-19: Read a third time and passed (House)
- 2026-02-19: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-02-19: Ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-02-19: Read a second time (House)
- 2026-02-18: Made a special order of business at 11:49 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14 (House)
- 2026-02-11: Referred to committee on Rules (House)
- 2026-02-11: Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 9, Noes 4 (House)
- 2026-02-11: Executive action taken (House)
- 2026-02-10: Senator Wall added as a cosponsor (House)
- 2026-02-05: Public hearing held (House)
- 2026-01-28: Read first time and referred to Committee on Education (House)
- 2026-01-28: Introduced by Representatives Brill, Kitchens, Dittrich, O'Connor, Armstrong, Donovan, Nedweski, Piwowarczyk, Murphy, Wichgers, Neylon and Knodl; cosponsored by Senator Cabral-Guevara (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [HTML](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB948), [PDF](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB948.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Bill Text (HTML)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB948)
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB948.pdf)

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