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Bills from the 2013–14 session

Assembly Bill 336

Funding for Wisconsin higher education grants for University of Wisconsin System students and making appropriations. (FE)

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Aug 23, 2013

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Joint Committee on Finance. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, $58,345,400 is transferred from the University of Wisconsin (UW) System to the Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB) and appropriated for Wisconsin higher education grants (WHEG grants) for UW System students in fiscal year 2013-14 and a sum sufficient of general purpose revenues are appropriated to HEAB for those grants in fiscal year 2014-15. This bill, in addition, transfers $20,370,300 in each fiscal year from the UW System to HEAB and appropriates those moneys for WHEG grants for UW System students.

Who's behind it

16 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 16 are Democrats.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 18 names

Authors (16)

Signed on in support (2)

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. Taking a bill up right away needs two-thirds of the members, a higher bar than passing it, so that vote can draw more yeses than the final one.

Assembly vote to take it up right away

Failed, 38 to 59 · Feb 18, 2014

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from joint committee on Finance and take up, Ayes 38, Noes 59”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 8, 2014

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 18, 2014

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Sep 10, 2013

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  4. Aug 23, 2013

    Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.

  5. Aug 23, 2013

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Aug 23, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Shankland, Billings, Bewley, Mason, Bernard Schaber, Sinicki, Berceau, Zepnick, Wright, C. Taylor, Young, Jorgensen, Ohnstad, Hebl, Milroy and Sargent; cosponsored by Senator Risser

  2. Aug 23, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Joint Committee on Finance

  3. Sep 10, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from joint committee on Finance and take up, Ayes 38, Noes 59

  5. Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly

    Representative Hulsey added as a coauthor

  6. Apr 8, 2014 · 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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

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