Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: Introduced 12 D cosponsors

AB 1179 — Relating to: creating WisEARNS, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Last action — Fiscal estimate received

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced March 19, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

Prognosis

Not enough signal yet

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Low

How often bills like it became law.

Not enough signal yet to read this bill's trajectory — we surface a likelihood only once there's real movement (stage, sponsorship, committee, or votes) to point to.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

An Act to amend 16.705 (9), 71.05 (6) (a) 15., 71.21 (4) (a), 71.26 (2) (a) 4., 71.34 (1k) (g) and 71.45 (2) (a) 10.; to create 14.57, 14.69, 20.517, 20.923 (4) (c) 8., 25.52, 71.07 (4s), 71.07 (4w), 71.10 (4) (ct) and (cu), 71.28 (4s), 71.28 (4w), 71.30 (3) (ct) and (cu), 71.47 (4s), 71.47 (4w), 71.49 (1) (ct) and (cu) and 230.08 (2) (en) of the statutes;

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Fiscal estimate received

  2. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  3. Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  4. Read first time and referred to Committee on Workforce Development, Labor, and Integrated Employment

  5. Introduced by Representatives Bare, Mayadev, Roe, Arney, Joers, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud, Stubbs, Udell, Anderson and Prado; cosponsored by Senators Hesselbein, Carpenter, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 17 co-sponsors · 114 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (17)

Not signed on (114)

114 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 114 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

taxation finance labor
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1179 do?
An Act to amend 16.705 (9), 71.05 (6) (a) 15., 71.21 (4) (a), 71.26 (2) (a) 4., 71.34 (1k) (g) and 71.45 (2) (a) 10.; to create 14.57, 14.69, 20.517, 20.923 (4) (c) 8., 25.52, 71.07 (4s), 71.07 (4w), 71.10 (4) (ct) and (cu), 71.28 (4s), 71.28 (4w), 71.30 (3) (ct) and (cu), 71.47 (4s), 71.47 (4w), 71.49 (1) (ct) and (cu) and 230.08 (2) (en) of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 1179?
AB 1179 is sponsored by Hesselbein, Carpenter, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Bare, Mike (Democrat), Mayadev, Renuka (Democrat), Roe, Ann (Democrat), Arney, Margaret (Democrat), Joers, Alex (Democrat), Sheehan, Joe (Democrat), Sinicki, Christine (Democrat), Stroud, Angela (Democrat), Stubbs, Shelia (Democrat), Udell, Randy (Democrat), Anderson, Clinton (Democrat), and Prado, Priscilla (Democrat).
What is the current status of AB 1179?
This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced March 19, 2026. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
Where can I track AB 1179?
Track AB 1179 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on AB 1179

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of AB 1179

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →