Assembly Bill 926
A study of the viability of permitting students to attend certain institutions of higher education without paying tuition or fees. (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.
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Introduced, passed
Apr 3, 2014
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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 17, 2014: “Fiscal estimate received”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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.
Under current law, the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System (Board of Regents) establishes tuition and fees for enrollment in the educational programs in the University of Wisconsin System (UW System). Similarly, the Technical College System Board (TCS Board) establishes tuition and fees for enrollment in the programs provided by the technical colleges of this state.
This bill requires the Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB) to conduct a study of the viability of creating a program that would permit a student who has graduated from a high school in this state or who has been granted a declaration of equivalency of high school graduation or a general educational development certificate by the state superintendent of public instruction to attend a technical college or institution or college campus in the UW System for up to two years without paying any tuition or fees. The bill requires HEAB to report its findings, conclusions, and recommendations to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, the governor, the Board of Regents, the TCS Board, and the cochairpersons of the Joint Committee on Finance by May 1, 2015. If HEAB determines that the program studied under the bill would be viable, the report must include proposed criteria for the operation of the program and recommendations for legislation for the establishment of the program.
Who's behind it
10 lawmakers are its . All 10 are Democrats.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Mandela Barnes · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Mandy Wright · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 17, 2014
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 3, 2014
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities.
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Apr 3, 2014
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 3, 2014 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Genrich, Mason, Barnes, Hesselbein, Goyke, Shankland, Sargent, Ohnstad, Wright and C. Taylor; cosponsored by Senators Harris and Vinehout
- Apr 3, 2014 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities
- Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Apr 17, 2014 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
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