Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive 2 R cosponsors

SB 391 — Relating to: equipment of school buses with audiovisual recording devices.

Last action — Published 4-3-2026

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    Passed Senate
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    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced August 25, 2025. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 74% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

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  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 12 sponsors

    1 primary, 11 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

An Act to create 347.446 of the statutes;

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

37 added · 9 removed

Plain-language change summary

The bill SB 391 was amended to allow audiovisual recording devices on school buses, focusing on improving safety and accountability during student transportation. Initially, it specified that these devices could be used with approval from school boards, while the amendment clarified to include governing boards of charter and tribal schools, ensuring broader applicability. This change matters because it strengthens the monitoring of student safety on various types of school transportation, potentially enhancing the protection of students across all educational settings.

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- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBa0624/1 ZDW:emw SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 391 November 7, 2025 - Offered by SenatAMES.
- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-4089/1 ZDW:cdc SENATE BILL 391 August 25, 2025 - Introduced by Senators JAMES and N ASS, cosponsored by Representatives PENTERMAN , D ITTRICH, STEFFEN , GUNDRUM , SUBECK , M URSAU , KREIBICH, O RTI-VELEZ, G OODWIN and K NODL.
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
1.
A N A CT to create 347.446 of the statutes;
Page 2, line 3:
relating to:
delete “board” and substitute “board, or the governing body of a private school or tribal school,”.
equipment of school buses with audiovisual recording devices.
END )
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill authorizes equipping a school bus with a device for recording audio or video, or both, of the interior of the school bus while in use to transport pupils.
A bus may be so equipped if the school board adopts a policy authorizing such equipment and if notice of the policy is provided to pupils and their parents or guardians and posted on the interior of the bus.
Recordings made as authorized under the bill are confidential and may be used by only school officials and law enforcement personnel for investigations, school disciplinary actions, and criminal prosecutions related to incidents occurring in or around the bus.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
347.446 of the statutes is created to read:
347.446 Audiovisual recording on school buses.
(1) Subject to sub.
(2), a school bus may be equipped with a device for recording audio or video, or both, of - 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-4089/1 ZDW:cdc SENATE BILL 391 SECTION 1 the interior of the school bus while the school bus is being used to transport pupils to and from school and school-sponsored activities.
(2) Subsection (1) applies only if the applicable school board adopts a policy authorizing audiovisual recording on school buses and notice of the policy is provided to pupils and their parents or guardians and clearly posted on the interior of the school bus.
(3) Recordings made as authorized under this section shall remain confidential and may be used by only school officials and law enforcement personnel for investigations, school disciplinary actions, and criminal prosecutions related to incidents occurring in or around the bus.
(END)
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Action History

  1. Published 4-3-2026

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 160

  3. Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  4. Report correctly enrolled

  5. Action ordered immediately messaged

  6. Assembly Amendment 1 concurred in

  7. Placed on calendar 1-21-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  8. Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  9. Ordered immediately messaged

  10. Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 83, Noes 16

  11. Rules suspended

  12. Ordered to a third reading

  13. Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  14. Read a second time

  15. Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  16. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  17. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Penterman

  18. Placed on calendar 1-13-2026 by Committee on Rules

  19. Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  20. Received from Senate

  21. Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Senators Ratcliff and Smith added as coauthors

  23. Read a third time and passed

  24. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  25. Ordered to a third reading

  26. Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  27. Read a second time

  28. Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  29. Available for scheduling

  30. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  31. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  32. Executive action taken

  33. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator James

  34. Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor

  35. Public hearing held

  36. Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government

  37. Introduced by Senators James and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Penterman, Dittrich, Steffen, Gundrum, Subeck, Mursau, Kreibich, Ortiz-Velez, Goodwin and Knodl

Sponsors

  • Penterman · Cosponsor
  • Dittrich · Cosponsor
  • Steffen · Cosponsor
  • Gundrum · Cosponsor
  • Subeck · Cosponsor
  • Mursau · Cosponsor
  • Kreibich · Cosponsor
  • Ortiz-Velez · Cosponsor
  • Goodwin · Cosponsor
  • Knodl · Cosponsor
  • Jesse James · Primary
  • Steve Nass · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 11 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 15 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (11)

  • Penterman
  • Dittrich
  • Steffen
  • Gundrum
  • Subeck
  • Mursau
  • Kreibich
  • Ortiz-Velez
  • Goodwin
  • Knodl
  • Nass, Steve Republican

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Read a third time and concurred in as amended

Passed 83 Yea · 16 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 52100
Democrat 291400
Unaffiliated 2100
Total 831600
% of votes cast 84%16%0%0%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
JOHNSON — Yea
MOORE OMOKUNDE — Nay
SPEAKER — Yea
Anderson, Clinton Democrat Yea
Andraca, Deb Democrat Yea
Arney, Margaret Democrat Yea
Bare, Mike Democrat Nay
Billings, Jill Democrat Yea
Brown, Brienne Democrat Yea
Clancy, Ryan Democrat Nay
Cruz, Angelina Democrat Nay
DeSanto, Karen Democrat Yea
DeSmidt, Ben Democrat Yea
Doyle, Steve Democrat Yea
Emerson, Jodi Democrat Yea
Fitzgerald, Joan Democrat Yea
Goodwin, Russell Democrat Yea
Haywood, Kalan Democrat Yea
Hong, Francesca Democrat Nay
Hysell, Andrew Democrat Yea
Jacobson, Jenna Democrat Yea
Joers, Alex Democrat Yea
Kirsch, Karen Democrat Yea
Madison, Darrin Democrat Nay
Mayadev, Renuka Democrat Nay
McCarville, Maureen Democrat Yea
McGuire, Tip Democrat Yea
Miresse, Vincent Democrat Nay
Neubauer, Greta Democrat Nay
Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia Democrat Nay
Palmeri, Lori Democrat Yea
Phelps, Christian Democrat Nay
Prado, Priscilla Democrat Yea
Rivera-Wagner, Amaad Democrat Yea
Roe, Ann Democrat Yea
Sheehan, Joe Democrat Yea
Sinicki, Christine Democrat Yea
Snodgrass, Lee Democrat Nay
Spaude, Ryan Democrat Yea
Stroud, Angela Democrat Nay
Stubbs, Shelia Democrat Yea
Subeck, Lisa Democrat Yea
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Yea
Tenorio, Angelito Democrat Nay
Udell, Randy Democrat Yea
Vining, Robyn Democrat Nay
Allen, Scott Republican Yea
Armstrong, David Republican Yea
August, Tyler Republican Yea
Behnke, Elijah Republican Yea
Born, Mark Republican Yea
Brill, Lindee Republican Yea
Brooks, Robert Republican Yea
Callahan, Calvin Republican Yea
Dallman, Alex Republican Yea
Dittrich, Barbara Republican Yea
Donovan, Bob Republican Yea
Duchow, Cindi Republican Yea
Franklin, Benjamin Republican Yea
Goeben, Joy Republican Yea
Green, Chanz Republican Yea
Gundrum, Rick Republican Yea
Gustafson, Nate Republican Yea
Hurd, Karen Republican Yea
Jacobson, Brent Republican Yea
Kaufert, Dean Republican Yea
Kitchens, Joel Republican Yea
Knodl, Daniel Republican Yea
Kreibich, Rob Republican Yea
Krug, Scott Republican Yea
Kurtz, Tony Republican Yea
Maxey, Dave Republican Yea
Melotik, Paul Republican Yea
Moses, Clint Republican Yea
Murphy, David Republican Yea
Mursau, Jeffrey Republican Yea
Nedweski, Amanda Republican Yea
Neylon, Adam Republican Yea
Novak, Todd Republican Yea
O'Connor, Jerry Republican Yea
Penterman, William Republican Yea
Petersen, Kevin Republican Yea
Piwowarczyk, Jim Republican Yea
Pronschinske, Treig Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Yea
Snyder, Patrick Republican Yea
Sortwell, Shae Republican Nay
Spiros, John Republican Yea
Steffen, David Republican Yea
Summerfield, Rob Republican Yea
Swearingen, Rob Republican Yea
Tittl, Paul Republican Yea
Tranel, Travis Republican Yea
Tucker, Duke Republican Yea
Tusler, Ron Republican Yea
VanderMeer, Nancy Republican Yea
Wichgers, Chuck Republican Yea
Wittke, Robert Republican Yea
Zimmerman, Shannon Republican Yea

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Subjects

public-safety education technology
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 391 do?
An Act to create 347.446 of the statutes;
Who sponsors SB 391?
SB 391 is sponsored by Penterman, Dittrich, Steffen, Gundrum, Subeck, Mursau, Kreibich, Ortiz-Velez, Goodwin, Knodl, James, Jesse (Republican), and Nass, Steve (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 391?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced August 25, 2025. It awaits signature.
Where can I track SB 391?
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