Wisconsin legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Wisconsin AB709: An Act to amend 121.555 (1) (a), 121.555 (1) (b) and 121.555 (2) (a) of the statutes; Relating to: alternative methods of providing pupil transportation services. (FE)
Status: Failed, March 23, 2026
What the bill says
To amend 121.555 (1) (a), 121.555 (1) (b) and 121.555 (2) (a) of the 2statutes; relating to: alternative methods of providing pupil transportation 3services…
From the introduced text, December 3, 2025:
to amend 121.555 (1) (a), 121.555 (1) (b) and 121.555 (2) (a) of the 2statutes; relating to: alternative methods of providing pupil transportation 3services. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, a school board or the governing body of a private school may provide pupil transportation services using vehicles other than school buses that fall into one of the following or 2) when, at the request of the school board or governing body, the secretary of transportation determines that an emergency exists because no regular transportation is available, a motor vehicle transporting 10 or more passengers in addition to the operator. This bill increases the number of passengers who may be transported absent an emergency from nine to 14 and increases those who may be transported in an emergency from 10 or more to 15 or more. For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill. The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows: AB709,11Section 1. 121.555 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read: AB709,2,32121.555 (1) (a) A motor vehicle transporting 9 14 or less fewer passengers in 3addition to the operator. AB709,24Section 2. 121.555 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read: AB709,2,125121.555 (1) (b) A motor …
Sponsors
- Brill, Lindee (R, HD-027) · primary sponsor
- Behnke, Elijah (R, HD-006)
- Dittrich, Barbara (R, HD-099)
- Goeben, Joy (R, HD-005)
- Gundrum, Rick (R, HD-058)
- Kitchens, Joel (R, HD-001)
- Knodl, Daniel (R, HD-024)
- Kreibich, Rob (R, HD-028)
- Melotik, Paul (R, HD-022)
- Murphy, David (R, HD-056)
- Penterman, William (R, HD-038)
- Piwowarczyk, Jim (R, HD-098)
Latest actions
- : Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- : Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- : Laid on the table
- : Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a coauthor
- : Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
- : Referred to committee on Rules
- : Report passage recommended by Committee on Education , Ayes 9, Noes 4
- : Executive action taken
- : Public hearing held
- : Fiscal estimate received
Common questions
- What is AB709?
- AB709 is a bill in the Wisconsin Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): An Act to amend 121.555 (1) (a), 121.555 (1) (b) and 121.555 (2) (a) of the statutes; Relating to: alternative methods of providing pupil transportation services. (FE).
- What does AB709 do?
- In its own words: To amend 121.555 (1) (a), 121.555 (1) (b) and 121.555 (2) (a) of the 2statutes; relating to: alternative methods of providing pupil transportation 3services…
- What is the status of AB709?
- Failed as of March 23, 2026. Latest action: Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 (March 23, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB709?
- Brill, Lindee (R, HD-027), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for AB709?
- On the Wisconsin Legislature website: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/ab709
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