# Wisconsin AB990: An Act to amend 118.33 (1) (a) 1. f. of the statutes; Relating to: personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement.

Wisconsin AB990, An Act to amend 118.33 (1) (a) 1. f. of the statutes; Relating to: personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement., is a 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session) House bill sponsored by Elijah Behnke (Republican), Calvin Callahan (Republican), Alex Dallman (Republican) and 30 others; status failed, last action 2026-03-23 (Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Wisconsin AB990
- State: Wisconsin
- Session: 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)
- Title: An Act to amend 118.33 (1) (a) 1. f. of the statutes; Relating to: personal financial literacy high school graduation requirement.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-30
- Last action: 2026-03-23, Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Sponsors: Elijah Behnke (Republican), Calvin Callahan (Republican), Alex Dallman (Republican), Barbara Dittrich (Republican), Bob Donovan (Republican), Jodi Emerson (Democratic), Joy Goeben (Republican), Russell Goodwin (Democratic), Chanz Green (Republican), Rick Gundrum (Republican), Daniel Knodl (Republican), Rob Kreibich (Republican), Scott Krug (Republican), Tony Kurtz (Republican), Paul Melotik (Republican), Clint Moses (Republican), David Murphy (Republican), Jeffrey Mursau (Republican), Jerry O'Connor (Republican), William Penterman (Republican), Priscilla Prado (Democratic), Amaad Rivera-Wagner (Democratic), Christine Sinicki (Democratic), Shae Sortwell (Republican), David Steffen (Republican), Rob Swearingen (Republican), Duke Tucker (Republican), Ron Tusler (Republican), Randy Udell (Democratic), Nancy VanderMeer (Republican), Chuck Wichgers (Republican), Robert Wittke (Republican), Shannon Zimmerman (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Subjects: Financial institution, Literacy, School -- Administration, School -- Curriculum
- 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: Elijah Behnke (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Calvin Callahan (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Alex Dallman (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Barbara Dittrich (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Bob Donovan (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jodi Emerson (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Joy Goeben (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Russell Goodwin (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Chanz Green (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Rick Gundrum (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Daniel Knodl (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Rob Kreibich (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Scott Krug (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Tony Kurtz (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Paul Melotik (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Clint Moses (Republican), House
- Sponsor: David Murphy (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jeffrey Mursau (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jerry O'Connor (Republican), House
- Sponsor: William Penterman (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Priscilla Prado (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Amaad Rivera-Wagner (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Christine Sinicki (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Shae Sortwell (Republican), House
- Sponsor: David Steffen (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Rob Swearingen (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Duke Tucker (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Ron Tusler (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Randy Udell (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Nancy VanderMeer (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Chuck Wichgers (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Robert Wittke (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Shannon Zimmerman (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ben DeSmidt (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mary Felzkowski (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Alex Joers (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Brad Pfaff (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Romaine Quinn (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lisa Subeck (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Robert Wirch (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (15)

- 2026-03-23: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (House)
- 2026-02-26: Representative Subeck added as a coauthor (House)
- 2026-02-19: Laid on the table (House)
- 2026-02-18: Made a special order of business at 11:58 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 as amended recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 10, Noes 3 (House)
- 2026-02-11: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 10, Noes 3 (House)
- 2026-02-11: Executive action taken (House)
- 2026-02-09: Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Dallman (House)
- 2026-02-06: Representative Joers added as a coauthor (House)
- 2026-02-05: Public hearing held (House)
- 2026-02-04: Representative DeSmidt added as a coauthor (House)
- 2026-02-02: Senator Wirch added as a cosponsor (House)
- 2026-01-30: Read first time and referred to Committee on Education (House)
- 2026-01-30: Introduced by Representatives Dallman, Wittke, Behnke, Dittrich, Donovan, Emerson, Goeben, Goodwin, Green, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Krug, Kurtz, Melotik, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Penterman, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Sinicki, Sortwell, Swearingen, Tucker, Tusler, Udell, VanderMeer, Wichgers, Zimmerman, Steffen and Callahan; cosponsored by Senators Felzkowski, Cabral-Guevara, Pfaff and Quinn (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [HTML](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB990), [PDF](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB990.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Bill Text (HTML)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB990)
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB990.pdf)

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