Wisconsin 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly Bipartisan · 5 R · 1 D cosponsors

AB 459 — Relating to: incorporating cursive writing into the state model English language arts standards and requiring cursive writing in elementary grades. (FE)

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

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Fiscal estimate received

  2. Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  3. Available for scheduling

  4. Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  5. Received from Assembly

  6. Ordered immediately messaged

  7. Read a third time and passed

  8. Rules suspended

  9. Ordered to a third reading

  10. Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 62, Noes 37

  11. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Doyle, Shankland, Cabrera, Billings, Ohnstad, Zamarripa, Sinicki, Subeck, Emerson, Bowen, Vining and Brostoff

  12. Read a second time

  13. Representative Brostoff withdrawn as a coauthor

  14. Made a special order of business at 10:09 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21

  15. Referred to committee on Rules

  16. Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 8, Noes 5

  17. Executive action taken

  18. Representative Pronschinske added as a coauthor

  19. Representative Vruwink withdrawn as a coauthor

  20. Representative Edming added as a coauthor

  21. Public hearing held

  22. Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor

  23. Fiscal estimate received

  24. Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  25. Introduced by Representatives Thiesfeldt, Vruwink, Ballweg, Bowen, Brostoff, Gundrum, James, Haywood, Krug, Kuglitsch, Mursau, L. Myers, Ramthun, Sanfelippo, Skowronski, Tusler and Dittrich; cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Johnson, Nass, Carpenter, Jacque, Marklein, L. Taylor and Wanggaard

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17 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 115 not signed on

Sponsors (17)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (115)

115 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors AB 459?
AB 459 is sponsored by Thiesfeldt, Vruwink, Ballweg, Bowen, Brostoff, James, Krug, Scott (Republican), Kuglitsch, Mursau, Jeffrey (Republican), L. Myers, Ramthun, Sanfelippo, Skowronski, Tusler, Ron (Republican), Dittrich, Barbara (Republican), Haywood, Kalan (Democrat), and Gundrum, Rick (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 459?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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