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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 804

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Relating to: merit scholarships for certain University of Wisconsin System students and making an appropriation. (FE)

Public lands, board of commissioners of Scholarships and loans Sunset Supreme court Trust fund University of wisconsin — Regents University of wisconsin — Stevens point University of wisconsin — Tuition

  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

The bill requires the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System

to award merit-based annual $5,000 scholarships to students enrolled in two-year

or four-year UW schools who have graduated from an in-state high school or been

granted a high school diploma by the administrator of an in-state home-based

private educational program. The scholarships are called “Wisconsin Merit

scholarships.” The bill requires the Board of Regents to determine student merit

based on performance on standardized college entrance examinations and, if

applicable, cumulative high school grade point averages. Under current law, income

and interest from the normal school fund is appropriated to the Board of Regents to

do the following annually: 1) make need-based grants totaling $100,000 to students

at the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies who are members of

underrepresented groups; 2) provide scholarships totaling $100,000 to students

enrolled in the sustainable management degree program through the

UW-Extension; and 3) award the balance to the UW-Stevens Point for

environmental programs. Under the bill, the Board of Regents must provide

$300,000 annually to the UW-Stevens Point for environmental programs and award

the balance in the scholarships required under the bill.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: August (R) , Duchow (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Horlacher (R) , Hutton (R) , Jacque (R) , Murphy (R) , Petryk (R) , Quinn (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Steffen (R) , Summerfield (R) , Tauchen (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tranel (R)

5 cosponsors

Craig (R) , Feyen (R) , LeMahieu (R) , Nass (R) , Tusler (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 5, Noes 3

Passed 5–3 Feb 13, 2018 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 Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Feb 13, 2018 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 65–32 Feb 15, 2018 official source full page

Aye · 65

Not voting · 1

Senate: Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 15, 2018 official source full page

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

Senate: Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 15, 2018 official source full page

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

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

Passed 3–2 Mar 15, 2018 official source full page

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

Senate: CONCURRENCE

Passed 22–10 Mar 20, 2018 official source full page

Full history

  1. Dec 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives August, Sanfelippo, Anderson, E. Brooks, Petryk, Edming, Felzkowski, Steffen, Rodriguez, Duchow, Tranel, Summerfield, Tauchen, R. Brooks, Quinn, Horlacher, Murphy, Jacque, Hutton and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Nass, Craig, Feyen and LeMahieu

  2. Dec 28, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight

  3. Jan 17, 2018 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 17, 2018 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Representative Tusler added as a coauthor

  7. Jan 29, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative August

  8. Jan 31, 2018 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Feb 1, 2018 · Assembly

    Representative Anderson withdrawn as a coauthor

  10. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  11. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  12. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-15-2018 by Committee on Rules

  13. Feb 13, 2018 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Government Accountability and Oversight, Ayes 5, Noes 3

  14. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  16. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative August

  17. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  18. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 65, Noes 32

  21. Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  23. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  24. Feb 16, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  25. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  26. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  27. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

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

  28. Mar 15, 2018 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-20-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  29. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  30. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  31. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  32. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 22, Noes 10

  33. Mar 20, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  34. Mar 21, 2018 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  35. Mar 29, 2018 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-29-2018

  36. Apr 12, 2018 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-12-2018

  37. Apr 17, 2018 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-16-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 314

  38. Apr 17, 2018 · Assembly

    Published 4-17-2018