WAFCA Bills of Interest: 2025-26 Legislative Session  

Updated 5/19/2026

Assembly Bill Description Senate Bill End-of-Session Bill Status
2026 AB 1233 Relating to: notifying a child welfare agency and a parent, guardian, and legal custodian of the presence of a child in a runaway home.    Failed to Pass
2026 AB 989 Relating to: minority health grants.   2026 SB 1002  Failed to Pass
2026 AB 1012 Relating to: the establishment of a family and medical leave insurance program; family leave to care for a family member and for the active duty of a family member; the employers that must allow an employee to take family or medical leave; allowing a local government to adopt ordinances requiring employers to provide leave benefits; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from rule-making procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty. (FE)   Failed to Pass
2025 AB 1008 Relating to: references to like-kin under the Wisconsin Shares program. 2026 SB 992 Failed to Pass
Relating to: the state or federal benefits of a child in out-of-home care. (FE) 2026 SB 990 Failed to Pass
2026 AB 967 Relating to: funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program for social media education and making an appropriation. (FE) 2026 SB 968 Failed to Pass
2026 AB 948 Relating to: policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during the school day in public schools. 2026 SB 957 Failed to Pass
2026 AB 958 Relating to: position authorizations for Internet crimes against children law enforcement. (FE) 2026 SB 956 Enacted into Law
2026 AB 963 Relating to: social media accounts for minors and providing a penalty. 2026 SB 936 Failed to Pass
2026 AB 960 Relating to: requiring social media platforms to provide mental health warnings and providing a penalty. 2026 SB 933 Failed to Pass
2026 AB 860 Relating to: written resource guides informing inmates and juveniles in custody of their rights and making an appropriation. (FE) 2026 SB 847 Failed to Pass
2026 AB 859 Relating to: the reimbursement rate for special education costs and school age parents programs and making an appropriation. (FE) 2026 SB 852 Failed to Pass
2026 AB 861 Relating to: the civil causes of action for human trafficking and trafficking a child. 2026 SB 849 Failed to Pass
  Relating to: vaccination of minors without parental consent. (FE) 2026 SB 826 Failed to Pass
2026 AB 828 Relating to: grants to school counselors, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2026 SB 833 Failed to Pass
2026 AB 847 Relating to: grants for alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs for persons with mental illness and making an appropriation. (FE) 2026 SB 837 Failed to Pass
2026 AB 833 Relating to: a human trafficking victim services grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2026 SB 838 Failed to Pass
  Relating to: social media platforms’ treatment of minors and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025 SB 758 Failed to Pass
  Relating to: substance abuse counselor-in-training, clinical supervisor-in-training, and prevention specialist-in-training certifications. 2025 SB 749 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 711 Relating to: funding for the Family Foundations home visitation program and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025 SB 701 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 677 Relating to: creating a crime of grooming a child for sexual activity and providing a penalty. 2025 SB 671 Enacted into law
2025 AB 604 Relating to: coverage under the Medical Assistance program for incarcerated individuals. (FE) 2025 SB 598 Enacted into law
2025 AB 598 Relating to: consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. 2025 SB 578 Enacted into law
2025 AB 492 Relating to: music therapists, the practice of music therapy, and providing a penalty. (FE) 2025 SB 489 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 578 Relating to: funding for the supplemental food program for women, infants and children during the federal government shutdown and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025 SB 574 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 490 Relating to: implementing a suicide prevention program and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025 SB 477 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 491 Relating to: video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities.  2025 SB 485 Enacted into Law
2025 AB 432 Relating to: transparency and regulation of prior authorization requirements under health insurance plans. (FE) Failed to Pass
2025 AB 388 Relating to: grant program for an integrated mental health facility. (FE)
2025 SB 407 Enacted into Law
2025 AB 412 Relating to: mandatory reporting requirements and referring cases of threatened or suspected child abuse to law enforcement. (FE)

 Failed to Pass
 2025 AB 400 Relating to: a civil cause of action for a minor injured by a gender transition procedure. (FE) 2025 SB 405 Vetoed by Governor
 2025 AB 391 Relating to: the per pupil adjustment for school district revenue limits. (FE) 2025 SB 389 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 390 Relating to: access to an original impounded birth record. (FE)

2025 SB 388

Failed to Pass
2025 AB 335 Relating to: stipend payments for school social worker interns and making an appropriation. (FE)

2025 SB 340

Failed to Pass

2025 AB 342 Relating to: grants to hire school mental health professionals who are members of a racial minority group, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025 SB 352 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 341  Relating to: grants for prospective school social workers, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

2025 SB 346

Failed to Pass
2025 AB 337  Relating to: training to address student mental health and making an appropriation. (FE)

2025 SB 348

Failed to Pass

2025 AB 316 Relating to: grants for LGBTQIA+ rights training for school counselors and school social workers and making an appropriation. (FE)

2025 SB 320

Failed to Pass

2025 AB 359 Relating to: prohibiting conversion therapy.

2025 SB 324

Failed to Pass

2025 AB 252 Relating to: the notice of an investigation of child abuse or neglect or unborn child abuse provided to appropriate authorities of the U.S. Department of Defense. (FE)

2025 SB 259

Enacted into Law

2025 AB 339 Relating to: aid for comprehensive school mental health services and making an appropriation. (FE)

2025 SB 347

Failed to Pass

2025 AB 338 Relating to: coverage of treatment for mental health or substance use disorders under health insurance policies and plans.

2025 SB 342

Failed to Pass


2025 AB 343
Relating to: school mental health and pupil wellness aid and making an appropriation.

2025 SB 350

 

Failed to Pass

2025 AB 317 Relating to: a Department of Children and Families program to make payments to child care programs, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

2025 SB 322

Failed to Pass

2025 AB 350 Relating to: the regulation of family and group child care centers. (FE) 2025 SB 364 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 328 Relating to: providing permanency plan and comments to out-of-home care providers in advance of a permanency plan review or hearing. (FE) 2025 SB 363 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 314  Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE) 2025 SB 321 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 303 Relating to: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline grants. (FE) 2025 SB 307 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 301 Relating to: grants to mental health clubhouses and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025 SB 305 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 309 Relating to: immunity for 911 call centers and dispatchers that transfer callers to the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. 2025 SB 309 Enacted into Law
2025 AB 304 Relating to: a grant to assist in the purchase and renovation of an existing facility in the city of Chippewa Falls to provide a 50-bed treatment center to men with substance use disorders. (FE)  2025 SB 308 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 272 Relating to: eligibility for Family Care for individuals who are deaf-blind. (FE) 2025 SB 272 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 265 Relating to: human trafficking and trafficking of a child and providing a penalty. Enacted into Law
2025 AB 244 Relating to: posting the child abuse and neglect reporting hotline in school buildings. (FE) 2025 SB 234 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 260 Relating to: a pilot school-centered mental health program. (FE) 2025 SB 245 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 184  Relating to: coverage of individuals with preexisting conditions and benefit limits under health plans. 2025 SB 174 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 2 Relating to: requiring school boards to adopt policies to prohibit the use of wireless communication devices during instructional time. 2025 SB 29 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 40 Relating to: school safety grants and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025 SB 41 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 48 Relating to: providing state aid to reimburse public and private schools that provide free meals to all pupils for the costs of those meals and making an appropriation. (FE) 2025 SB 67 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 49 Relating to: a minor’s authority to consent to health care. 2025 SB 70 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 50 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) 2025 SB 45 Vetoed in Part
2025 AB 57 Relating to: requirements concerning assistance in the detention of individuals who are or are alleged to be not lawfully present in the United States. 2025 SB 54 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 70 Relating to: a disclaimer of parental rights and payments allowed in connection with an adoption. 2025 SB 79 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 73 Relating to: statutory recognition of specialized treatment court and commercial court dockets. 2025 SB 80 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 79 Relating to: prosecuting or adjudicating delinquent a person under the age of 18 for committing an act of prostitution. 2025 SB 73 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 80 Relating to: ratification of the Social Work Licensure Compact. (FE) 2025 SB 74 Enacted into Law
2025 AB 97 Relating to: extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE) 2025 SB 23 Enacted into Law
2025 AB 103 Relating to: school board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns. 2025 SB 120 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 111 Relating to: psychiatric residential treatment facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. 2025 SB 106 Enacted into Law
2025 AB 112 Relating to: consent to mental health treatment by minors who are age 14 or older. 2025 SB 107 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 113 Relating to: sharing minors’ safety plans. (FE) 2025 SB 108 Enacted into Law
2025 AB 114 Relating to: clinician initiation of emergency detention of a minor and providing a penalty. 2025 SB 109 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 115 Relating to: authorizing youth behavioral health program under the Medical Assistance program and granting rule-making authority. 2025 SB 110 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 116 Relating to: transportation of minors for emergency detention. 2025 SB 111 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 120 Relating to: positions for the Office of School Safety. (FE) 2025 SB 119 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 141 Relating to: provisional social worker certificates and licenses. 2025 SB 140 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 146 Relating to: requests for information from employers about unemployment insurance claims. 2025 SB 151 Vetoed by Governor
2025 AB 156  Relating to: requiring child sexual abuse prevention education. (FE)  2025 SB 153 Failed to Pass
2025 AB 163 Relating to: redeterminations of eligibility for the Medical Assistance program and database confirmation for public assistance program eligibility. (FE)   Failed to Pass
  Relating to: sales and use tax exemption for diapers and feminine hygiene products. (FE)   2025 SB 114 Failed to Pass
  Relating to: expanding the treatment alternatives and diversion programs. (FE)   2025 SB 153 Failed to Pass

NOTES: (FE) means that the bill has a fiscal impact so a “Fiscal Estimate” will be prepared for the record.

Bold text indicates bill was passed and signed by the Governor.  

A bill has a “companion” when the exact same bill is introduced in both houses of the legislature. Both may move simultaneously instead of awaiting the action of one house of the legislature to act before taking the issue up in the other house.