Wisconsin State Senate, Assembly Stand Adjourned

The state Senate met Tuesday, March 17th in its final regular floor period of the 2025-26 legislative session. It now stands adjourned. The Assembly adjourned in February.

Neither body is expected to meet again in regular session until the start of the 2027-28 legislative session, which begins in January 2027. However, the governor has called a special session in April for the Legislature to consider legislation banning gerrymandering. Typically, the Republican-led Legislature has gaveled in and out without taking action when the Democratic governor has called a special session in the past.

There is a chance that they could meet in special or extraordinary session yet this year if Republican legislative leaders come to an agreement with Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on a spending plan for the state's estimated $2.5 billion surplus that is projected for the end of this biennium. They have been in negotiations in recent weeks, with Republicans advocating for tax rebates to taxpayers and the governor advocating for more funding for public schools.

With both the State Assembly and Senate having adjourned the regular 2025-26 legislative session, bills and resolutions that did not pass both houses are considered to have failed to pass this session. When the State Legislature returns in January 2027, state legislators can decide at that time whether to reintroduce those failed proposals to begin the legislative process again.