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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 740

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Relating to: Wisconsin grants for technical college students and making appropriations. (FE)

Appropriation Higher educational aids board Technical college Technical college system board

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill provides for additional funding for Wisconsin grants to technical

college students. Under current law, the Higher Educational Aids Board (HEAB)

administers the Wisconsin grants program, which provides grants to resident

postsecondary students enrolled in institutions of higher education, including

technical colleges. The bill provides additional funding for Wisconsin grants to

technical college students by allowing the Technical College System Board (TCSB)

to solicit contributions from technical college district boards to HEAB to provide

funding for the grants. In addition, the bill allows the TCSB to transfer money from

certain of its appropriations for the grants. The bill limits the total amount the TCSB

may transfer in a fiscal year based on the amount of contributions by district boards

in the fiscal year. Under that limit, the amount of contributions is subtracted from

$1,000,000, and the transfers may not exceed the difference.

The bill also provides additional general purpose revenue (GPR) for the grants

to technical college students, but only if the TCSB makes transfers or district boards

make contributions in a fiscal year. The bill provides GPR in a fiscal year in an

amount equal to the sum of the transfers and contributions in the fiscal year, except

that the GPR may not exceed $1,000,000.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Bernier (R) , Czaja (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Heaton (R) , Petryk (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Skowronski (R)

3 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Gudex (R) , Harsdorf (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 10, Noes 4

Passed 10–4 Feb 1, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 9, Noes 5

Passed 9–5 Feb 1, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 63, Noes 35

Passed 63–35 Feb 16, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Assembly Substitute Amendment 4 laid on table, Ayes 63, Noes 35

Passed 63–35 Feb 16, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 61, Noes 36, Paired 2

Passed 61–36 Feb 16, 2016 official source full page

Aye · 61

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 14, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 13

Passed 19–13 Mar 15, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 13

Passed 19–13 Mar 15, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 13

Passed 19–13 Mar 15, 2016 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Heaton, Bernier, A. Ott, Petryk, E. Brooks, Skowronski, Czaja and Rodriguez; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Gudex, L. Taylor and Ringhand

  2. Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

  3. Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Heaton

  4. Jan 21, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jan 21, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jan 21, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Jan 21, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative Ballweg added as a coauthor

  8. Jan 26, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Wachs, Berceau, Billings, Hesselbein and Jorgensen

  9. Jan 28, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive session held

  10. Feb 1, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 9, Noes 5

  11. Feb 1, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  12. Feb 1, 2016 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 10, Noes 4

  13. Feb 5, 2016 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and referred to committee on Rules

  14. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 by Committee on Rules

  15. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 4 offered by Representatives Shankland, Wachs, Danou, Hesselbein, Doyle, Mason, Goyke, Meyers, Kessler, Spreitzer, Pope, Johnson, Berceau, Stuck, Hebl, Kolste, Billings, Young, Subeck, C. Taylor, Sargent and Bowen

  17. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 4 laid on table, Ayes 63, Noes 35

  18. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Mason, C. Taylor and Barca

  19. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 63, Noes 35

  20. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  21. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  23. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 61, Noes 36, Paired 2

  24. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  26. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to joint committee on Finance

  27. Mar 14, 2016 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and rereferred to committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  28. Mar 14, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  29. Mar 14, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  30. Mar 14, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-15-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  31. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Senator L. Taylor withdrawn as a cosponsor

  32. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Senator Ringhand withdrawn as a cosponsor

  33. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Hansen, Wirch, C. Larson, Ringhand, Harris Dodd, Vinehout, Miller and Bewley

  34. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senators Hansen, Wirch, C. Larson, Ringhand, Harris Dodd, Vinehout, Miller and Bewley

  35. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  36. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 13

  37. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 13

  38. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  39. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  40. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 19, Noes 13

  41. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  42. Mar 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  43. Mar 23, 2016 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2016

  44. Mar 24, 2016 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-24-2016

  45. Mar 28, 2016 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-28-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 281

  46. Mar 28, 2016 · Assembly

    Published 3-29-2016