Senate Bill 85
Eligibility for tuition fee remission for certain veterans and their spouses, surviving spouses, and children
Topics: Children, Marriage, Technical College System Board, Technical college, University of Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin: Tuition, Veteran: Education, Veterans Affairs, Department of
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
Feb 25, 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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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law provides remission of tuition for certain students attending the University of Wisconsin (UW) System and technical college campuses. Under that law, certain veterans and the spouses, children, or surviving spouses of certain veterans are eligible for a full remission of tuition at the UW System and at the technical colleges for 128 credits or eight semesters. For a veteran to be eligible, he or she must have served under honorable conditions in certain types of active duty, be a resident, and have entered service while a resident of this state. For the spouse, surviving spouse, or child to be eligible, the veteran must have entered service while a resident of this state and either died while on duty or have a service-connected disability that is rated as 30 percent or more while a resident of this state.
This bill adds eligibility for the tuition remission for a veteran, and for the spouse, surviving spouse, or child of a disabled or deceased veteran, if the veteran was a resident of this state for at least ten continuous years after entering service and before the student registers for college.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 4 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
- Scott L. Fitzgerald · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (9)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Kitty Rhoades · Republican, Assembly
- Marlin Schneider · Democrat, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, 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 20, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 19, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 17, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 16, 2009
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 25, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Higher Education.
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Feb 25, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 25, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Leibham, Hopper, Plale, Darling and S. Fitzgerald;Cosponsored by Representatives Rhoades, Schneider, Bies, Brooks, Lothian, A. Ott, Spanbauer, Suder and Townsend
- Feb 25, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Agriculture and Higher Education
- Mar 16, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 17, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 19, 2009 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 20, 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