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AB 741

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Relating to: grants to students enrolled in technical colleges and University of Wisconsin college campuses to meet emergency financial need and making an appropriation. (FE)

Scholarships and loans Technical college Technical college system board University of wisconsin — Regents University of wisconsin — Two year campus

  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 creates a program to award grants to students enrolled in technical

colleges and the two-year University of Wisconsin college campuses (UW colleges)

to meet emergency financial need. A student is eligible for a grant to pay the

student's expense resulting from a financial emergency if the student's expected

family contribution, as determined by the federal Free Application for Federal

Student Aid, is less than $5,000. "Financial emergency" is defined as an unplanned

event causing an unanticipated expense that would cause a student to not complete

that term if a grant were not available to cover the expense, and includes such

expenses as those for medical treatment or vehicle repair but not for textbooks,

student fees, or groceries. The amount of the grants awarded to a student may not

exceed a total of $500 per academic year, with a limit of two grants per student per

academic year. A student's grant application must include written proof identifying

the nature and amount of the expense and the third party to whom this amount is

owed. Grant funding is distributed by the Wisconsin Technical College System

(WTCS) Board to the technical colleges, and by the University of Wisconsin System

Board of Regents (Board of Regents) to the UW colleges, based on the anticipated

need and demand for grants at each technical college or UW college. Each technical

college and UW college must collect certain information relating to the grant

program and, at the end of each academic year, report this information to,

respectively, the WTCS Board and Board of Regents, and the WTCS Board and Board

of Regents must then report this information to the legislature.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Born (R) , Edming (R) , Heaton (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Kremer (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nerison (R) , Novak (R) , Petryk (R) , Quinn (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Tranel (R) , VanderMeer (R)

4 cosponsors

Gudex (R) , Lasee (R) , Marklein (R) , Moulton (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage 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 1 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 2 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: 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 Murphy, Heaton, Novak, Macco, Kulp, Mursau, Krug, Kremer, Petryk, Rohrkaste, Quinn, Bernier, Ballweg, Kleefisch, Rodriguez, A. Ott, Born, Tranel, Edming, Sanfelippo, VanderMeer, Nerison and Kitchens; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Gudex, Lasee and Moulton

  2. Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

  3. Jan 20, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 21, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 26, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Wachs, Berceau, Billings, Hesselbein and Jorgensen

  6. Jan 28, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Jan 28, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive session held

  8. Feb 1, 2016 · Assembly

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

  9. Feb 1, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to joint committee on Finance

  10. Feb 3, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  11. Feb 5, 2016 · Assembly

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

  12. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

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

  13. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Barca, Wachs and Jorgensen

  15. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 63, Noes 35

  16. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Hesselbein, Wachs and Barca

  17. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 63, Noes 35

  18. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

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

  21. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  23. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Universities and Technical Colleges

  24. Mar 10, 2016 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Universities and Technical Colleges and rereferred to committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  25. Mar 10, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  26. Mar 14, 2016 · Senate

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

  27. Mar 14, 2016 · Senate

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

  28. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

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

  29. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  30. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

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

  31. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  32. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  33. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

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

  34. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  35. Mar 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  36. Mar 23, 2016 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2016

  37. Mar 24, 2016 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-24-2016

  38. Mar 28, 2016 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-28-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 282

  39. Mar 28, 2016 · Assembly

    Published 3-29-2016