# Wisconsin AJR138: Relating to: designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin AJR138, Relating to: designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin., is a 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session) House bill sponsored by David Armstrong (Republican), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Barbara Dittrich (Republican) and 14 others; status failed, last action 2026-03-23 (Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Wisconsin AJR138
- State: Wisconsin
- Session: 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)
- Title: Relating to: designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-02-13
- Last action: 2026-03-23, Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Sponsors: David Armstrong (Republican), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Barbara Dittrich (Republican), Joan Fitzgerald (Democratic), Chanz Green (Republican), Rick Gundrum (Republican), Dean Kaufert (Republican), Daniel Knodl (Republican), Rob Kreibich (Republican), Paul Melotik (Republican), Todd Novak (Republican), Jerry O'Connor (Republican), William Penterman (Republican), Treig Pronschinske (Republican), Duke Tucker (Republican), Chuck Wichgers (Republican), Shannon Zimmerman (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Subjects: Asm Joint Resolution 138, Holidays and special dates, School -- Curriculum, Technical college
- 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: Elijah Behnke (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Barbara Dittrich (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Joan Fitzgerald (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Chanz Green (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Rick Gundrum (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Dean Kaufert (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Daniel Knodl (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Rob Kreibich (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Paul Melotik (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Todd Novak (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jerry O'Connor (Republican), House
- Sponsor: William Penterman (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Treig Pronschinske (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Duke Tucker (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Chuck Wichgers (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Shannon Zimmerman (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: André Jacque (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jesse James (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Steve Nass (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kelda Roys (Democratic), Senate

## Actions (5)

- 2026-03-23: Failed to adopt pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (House)
- 2026-02-18: Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor (House)
- 2026-02-17: Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a cosponsor (House)
- 2026-02-13: Read and referred to Committee on Rules (House)
- 2026-02-13: Introduced by Representatives Zimmerman, Armstrong, Behnke, Dittrich, Fitzgerald, Green, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Melotik, Novak, O'Connor, Penterman, Pronschinske, Tucker, Wichgers and Kaufert; cosponsored by Senators James, Cabral-Guevara, Jacque, Roys and Nass (House)

## Bill text

- Joint Resolution Text: [HTML](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR138), [PDF](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR138.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Joint Resolution Text (HTML)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR138)
- [Joint Resolution Text (PDF)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AJR138.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WI-AJR138-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).