Senate Bill 18
Fee remissions for certain University of Wisconsin System and technical college students
Topics: Family, Fire department, Medical service, Persons with disabilities, Police, Technical college, University of Wisconsin: Tuition
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 28, 2009
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Higher Education. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law requires the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin (UW) System to grant full remission of fees to resident undergraduate students who are spouses or children of the following who are killed in the line of duty or die as a result of a qualifying disability: ambulance drivers, correctional officers, fire fighters, emergency medical services technicians, and law enforcement officers. The fee remission remains in effect until the student completes a sufficient number of credits for a bachelor's degree, except that the student may not receive a remission for more than five consecutive years. Similar requirements apply to resident technical college students. The fee remission for a technical college student remains in effect until completion of a sufficient number of credits to complete the program in which the student is enrolled, except that a student may not receive a remission for more than three consecutive years.
Under current law, the UW and technical college remissions described above for children are limited to a student whose parent is killed or dies as a result of a disability when the student was under the age of 21 or before the student was born.
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This bill repeals that limitation. However, the bill also provides that the UW remission for children applies only to students who are not older than 30 years of age.
The bill makes another change to the UW remission for spouses and children.
The bill eliminates the restriction under current law that provides that the remission remains in effect until completion of a sufficient number of credits for a bachelor's degree, but for no more than five consecutive years. Instead, the bill provides that the remission remains in effect for 128 credits or eight semesters, whichever period is longer.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . All 5 are Democrats.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (3)
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Ann Hraychuck · Democrat, Assembly
- James Soletski · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 2, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 19, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 28, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Higher Education.
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Jan 28, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 28, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Hansen, Lehman, Wirch, Holperin and Plale;Cosponsored by Representatives Soletski, Bies and Hraychuck
- Jan 28, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Higher Education
- Feb 19, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 2, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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