Senate Bill 497
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
Passed the Senate, then stopped
The Senate passed it on Apr 13, 2010, but the Assembly never voted on it. A bill has to . To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 25, 2010
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed 27 to 6
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The Assembly never voted on it.
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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 concur in pursuant to ”
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Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
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
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
4 senators are its . 2 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
18 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (18)
- 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
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, 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
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There were 3 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Agriculture and Higher Education vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Feb 24, 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 Agriculture and Higher Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Joint Committee on Finance vote to recommend it
Passed, 16 to 0 · Mar 17, 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 joint committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 27 to 6 · Apr 13, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 27, Noes 6”. 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 20, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Agriculture.
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Apr 14, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 14, 2010
The Assembly received it.
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Apr 13, 2010
The Senate passed it, 27 to 6.
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Mar 17, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 16 to 0.
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Feb 25, 2010
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Feb 24, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Feb 10, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 4, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 25, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Higher Education.
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Jan 25, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 25, 2010 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Lassa, Olsen, Harsdorf and Taylor;Cosponsored by Representatives Tauchen, Vruwink, Molepske Jr., Benedict, Clark, Gunderson, Montgomery, Nerison, A. Ott, Ripp, Smith, Spanbauer, Steinbrink, Suder, Townsend, Zepnick, Zigmunt and Pasch
- Jan 25, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Higher Education
- Feb 4, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 10, 2010 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Feb 24, 2010 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 24, 2010 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Agriculture and Higher Education, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Feb 24, 2010 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 25, 2010 · Senate
Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)
- Mar 16, 2010 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Mar 17, 2010 · Senate
Report passage recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0
- Mar 17, 2010 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Apr 8, 2010 · Senate
Placed on calendar 4-13-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Read a second time
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 27, Noes 6
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Apr 14, 2010 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Apr 14, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 4-20-2010 by committee on Rules
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Agriculture
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
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
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence
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