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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 161

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Relating to: late payment of tuition benefits for student veterans enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college. (FE)

Technical college Technical college system board University of wisconsin — Tuition Veteran — Education

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill prohibits any University of Wisconsin System school or technical

college from taking adverse action against a student veteran whose financial aid

package includes federal veterans tuition benefits as a result of the UW school's or

technical college's failure to receive payment of these benefits by the tuition deadline.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Edming (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jagler (R) , James (R) , Kitchens (R) , Knodl (R) , Kurtz (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Macco (R) , Magnafici (R) , Milroy (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Myers (D) , Ramthun (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wichgers (R) , Zimmerman (R)

10 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Fields (D) , Jacque (R) , Kooyenga (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Nass (R) , Shankland (D) , Wittke (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Nov 4, 2019 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 12, Noes 0

Passed 12–0 Nov 4, 2019 official source full page

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

Full history

  1. Apr 11, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives James, Skowronski, Ballweg, Brandtjen, Edming, Horlacher, Jagler, Kitchens, Knodl, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Macco, Magnafici, Milroy, Murphy, Mursau, Myers, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Sinicki, Sortwell, Spiros, Tusler, VanderMeer, Wichgers and Zimmerman; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Carpenter, Bernier, Cowles, Jacque, Nass and L. Taylor

  2. Apr 11, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

  3. Apr 16, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 22, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jun 6, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Fields added as a coauthor

  6. Sep 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  7. Sep 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Wittke added as a coauthor

  8. Sep 17, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Shankland added as a coauthor

  9. Sep 24, 2019 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative James

  10. Oct 2, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  11. Nov 4, 2019 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  12. Nov 4, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 12, Noes 0

  13. Nov 4, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  14. Nov 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-7-2019 by Committee on Rules

  15. Nov 7, 2019 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  16. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1