Assembly Bill 86
Grants to technical college district boards and technical college faculty, staff, and 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.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 12, 2015
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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 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Cost estimate
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Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill allows a technical college district board (district board) to obtain grants from the Technical College System (TCS) Board for the purpose of partnering with a business, consortium of businesses, economic development organization, or local workforce investment board in a project to help meet local needs for supporting economic sectors with a documented skills gap or high workforce shortage, including manufacturing, energy, information technology, skilled trades, and health care. A project may provide for activities that address development of individuals prior to entering the workforce and workforce training, including any of the following: 1) job training scholarships based on local labor market needs; 2) building or infrastructure construction; 3) equipment and material purchases; 4) faculty hiring;
5) development of certain curricula; or 6) student career support services, including job placement and business recruitment. The bill directs the TCS Board to award grants to district boards that apply to the TCS Board to fund the costs of such projects. In awarding the grants, the bill requires the TCS Board to consider the speed by which the activities specified in applications could meet training and employment needs and give a preference to projects that seek to eliminate waiting lists for courses pertaining to jobs with high employment demand.
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The bill also creates three other types of grants awarded by the TCS Board.
Under the bill, the TCS Board must award all of the following grants:
1. Dual enrollment opportunity grants to district boards to expand dual enrollment programs (which provide high school students with the opportunity to simultaneously gain high school and technical college credits) or create new dual enrollment programs, but these grants are awarded only until June 30, 2017.
2. Innovation grants to technical college faculty, staff, and students to assist them in commercializing and bringing to market innovative technology, products, and processes developed at technical colleges.
3. Veterans success grants to district boards to expand existing efforts and implement additional strategies to assist veterans in a successful transition to college and careers, but these grants are awarded only until June 30, 2019.
Who's behind it
23 lawmakers are its . All 23 are Democrats.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (23)
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
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, 36 to 60 · Oct 20, 2015
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 committee on Colleges and Universities and take up, Ayes 36, Noes 60”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 19, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 12, 2015
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities.
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Mar 12, 2015
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 12, 2015 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Doyle, Barca, Goyke, Sargent, Pope, Zamarripa, Kolste, Jorgensen, Hebl, Spreitzer, Milroy, Sinicki, Hesselbein, Kahl, Mason, Wachs, Subeck, Berceau, Considine, Ohnstad, Shankland, Billings and Bowen; cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Carpenter, Harris Dodd and Ringhand
- Mar 12, 2015 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities
- Mar 19, 2015 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 20, 2015 · Assembly
Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on Colleges and Universities and take up, Ayes 36, Noes 60
- Apr 13, 2016 · 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.
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
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
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