Republicans hold 18 of 33 Senate seats and 54 of 99 Assembly seats this session, majorities in both chambers but short of the two-thirds margin needed to override a veto. Democratic Governor Tony Evers gives Wisconsin divided government this session.

After the Gavel analyzed bills from Wisconsin's 2025-2026 Regular Session, organized into 5 posts. Some are grouped by theme, because a single bill rarely tells the whole story and related bills, read together, usually do.

This is our read of the bill. We encourage every reader to read the legislation for themselves and reach their own conclusions.

Every post links to the enacted text and cites the 2025 Wisconsin Act it became. Every claim here traces to the bill text, the Act, or a named outside source.