Assembly Bill 708
Creating a food animal veterinarian loan assistance program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation
Topics: Livestock and meat, Scholarships and loans, University of Wisconsin: Regents, Veterinary medicine
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 9, 2010
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin (UW) System to repay up to $50,000 in educational loans obtained by a food animal veterinarian for education leading to a doctor of veterinary medicine degree from an accredited school of veterinary medicine. The veterinarian must agree to practice in this state for at least 35 hours per week and to devote at least 50 percent of those hours, for four years, to food animals. (Food animals are animals raised to produce food for human consumption.) Loans are repaid by the board over the four-year period.
Under the bill, loan repayments are funded from general purpose revenue (although the bill does not provide general purpose revenue for the current biennium) and from contributions from local governments and private entities. If funds are insufficient to repay the loans of all eligible applicants, the board must establish priorities based upon the following:
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1. The likelihood that the veterinarian will remain in this state.
2. Whether the veterinarian graduated from the UW-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine and practices with a private agriculture producer.
3. The geographic distribution of veterinarians in the program.
4. The total educational debt level of the veterinarian.
The bill authorizes the board to establish penalties to be assessed against veterinarians who violate their agreements.
The bill sunsets the loan repayment program after the 2019-2020 fiscal year.
Who's behind it
17 lawmakers are its . 9 are Republicans and 8 are Democrats.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (17)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Benedict · Democrat, Assembly
- Fred Clark · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Louis Molepske Jr. · Democrat, Assembly
- Phil Montgomery · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- John Steinbrink · Democrat, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
- Ted Zigmunt · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities vote to recommend it
Passed, 10 to 0 · Apr 2, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 10, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 2, 2010
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Apr 2, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 0.
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Feb 24, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 19, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 9, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities.
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Feb 9, 2010
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 9, 2010 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Tauchen, Vruwink, Molepske Jr., Benedict, Clark, Gunderson, Montgomery, Nerison, A. Ott, Ripp, Smith, Spanbauer, Steinbrink, Suder, Townsend, Zepnick and Zigmunt;Cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Olsen, Harsdorf and Taylor
- Feb 9, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Colleges and Universities
- Feb 19, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 24, 2010 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 31, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 2, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- Apr 2, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to joint committee on Finance
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote