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WI AB1004

Bill

Status

Engrossed

2/19/2026

Primary Sponsor

Amanda Nedweski

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits school boards, charter school governing boards, and private schools in choice programs from entering agreements that suppress or destroy information about employee immoral conduct investigations

  • Bans agreements that restrict education employers or their employees from reporting suspected immoral conduct

  • Prevents agreements requiring expungement of substantiated allegations or findings of immoral conduct from employer records, unless allegations are found false or unsubstantiated after investigation

  • Grants education employers civil immunity when providing information about current or former employees' conduct, including immoral conduct allegations, to prospective employers upon request

  • Civil immunity provision supplements existing Wisconsin law (s. 895.487) that presumes good faith for employers providing employment references

Legislative Description

Prohibiting education employers from entering into certain agreements related to information about alleged immoral conduct by an employee and civil immunity for information provided to a prospective employer.

Last Action

Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

3/16/2026

Committee Referrals

Education2/25/2026
Rules2/11/2026
Education2/3/2026

Full Bill Text

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