Wisconsin State Assembly · 2025 Regular Session

SB 498: Free speech and academic freedom at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, due process in disciplinary proceedings at University…

Sustain the Chair's Ruling (roll call 1) · Feb. 12, 2026 · Yeas 53, nays 45 · Party-line vote

How each party voted

Democrats
Yea 0 · Nay 45
Republicans
Yea 53 · Nay 0 · Not voting 1

Speaker Robin Vos voted yea.

Bill

Bill
SB 498
Motion
Sustain the Chair's Ruling
Date
Feb. 12, 2026, 3:57 PM
Session
2025 Regular Session
Presiding
Kevin Petersen
Yeas–nays
Yeas 53, nays 45; 1 didn't vote
Result
Passed, as the official record marks it

Official record: the roll call on the Legislature's site ↗
The bill's history on the Legislature's site ↗

The chamber on this vote

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How each member voted

Yea (53)

Nay (45)

Not voting (1)