Senate Bill 334
Requirements for colleges when service member students are called into active duty. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Jan 22, 2020. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Aug 8, 2019
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Nov 5, 2019
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Jan 15, 2020
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2019 Wisconsin Act 75
Latest entry in the official record, Jan 22, 2020: “Published 1-22-2020”
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill makes changes relating to the responsibilities of colleges to national guard members and other service members who withdraw from school because they are called into active military service.
Current law provides certain protections to a student of a University of Wisconsin System school, technical college, or private nonprofit college who is a national guard member or a member of a reserve unit of the U.S. armed forces and who withdraws from school because he or she is called into active military service for at least 30 days. Under these protections, the school or college must reenroll the student in the semester in which the student is discharged, demobilized, or deactivated or, if the student prefers, in the following semester and give the student the same course registration priority that the student would have had if the student had registered at the beginning of the registration period. In addition, if the student is enrolled in a UW System school or technical college, at the student's request, the school or college must either 1) reimburse all tuition and fees paid for courses from which the student had to withdraw, and for prorated room and board at a UW System school or 2) grant the student an incomplete in the courses from which the student had to withdraw and allow the student to complete the courses within six months after leaving service without paying additional tuition or fees. If the student is enrolled in a private nonprofit college, the college must grant the student an incomplete and allow course completion as described in 2, above.
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This bill affords these protections to students called into active military service for any period, not just for 30 days or more. The bill also expands these protections to students at all private institutions, not only nonprofit institutions, and provides these students with the option, instead of receiving an incomplete and completing courses later, to obtain reimbursement of tuition and fees paid for courses from which the student had to withdraw and of prorated room and board. The bill also requires schools and colleges, under specified circumstances, to ensure that students called into active military service are provided a reasonable opportunity to complete final projects and final examinations.
Who's behind it
7 senators are its . 4 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.
26 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (26)
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
- Tyler Vorpagel · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Wittke · Republican, Assembly
- Shannon Zimmerman · Republican, Assembly
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.
Senate Committee on Universities vote to recommend it
Passed, 7 to 0 · Oct 16, 2019
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Jan 22, 2020
The new law was published.
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Jan 22, 2020
The governor signed it. It became 2019 Wisconsin Act 75.
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Jan 17, 2020
Sent to the governor.
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Jan 15, 2020
The Assembly passed it too.
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Jan 13, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Nov 6, 2019
The Assembly received it.
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Nov 5, 2019
The Senate passed it.
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Oct 16, 2019
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 7 to 0.
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Oct 2, 2019
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Sep 25, 2019
The committee held a public hearing.
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Sep 13, 2019 to Sep 17, 2019
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Aug 28, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Aug 21, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Aug 13, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Aug 8, 2019
Sent to the Senate Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families.
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Aug 8, 2019
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Aug 8, 2019 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Stroebel, L. Taylor, Craig, Marklein, Wirch, Jacque and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Duchow, Brandtjen, Petersen, Jagler, Kurtz, Magnafici, Gundrum, Petryk, Vorpagel, Horlacher, James, Tusler, Quinn, Loudenbeck, Spiros, Zimmerman, Kuglitsch, Sinicki, Wichgers, Murphy, Dittrich, Edming and Skowronski
- Aug 8, 2019 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families
- Aug 13, 2019 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Aug 21, 2019 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Aug 28, 2019 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 13, 2019 · Senate
Representative Wittke added as a cosponsor
- Sep 17, 2019 · Senate
Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor
- Sep 25, 2019 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Oct 2, 2019 · Senate
Representative Vining added as a cosponsor
- Oct 15, 2019 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Oct 16, 2019 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- Oct 16, 2019 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Nov 1, 2019 · Senate
Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Nov 5, 2019 · Senate
Read a second time
- Nov 5, 2019 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Nov 5, 2019 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Nov 5, 2019 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Nov 5, 2019 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Nov 6, 2019 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Jan 13, 2020 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 13, 2020 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 1-15-2020 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 15, 2020 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Jan 16, 2020 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Jan 17, 2020 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 1-17-2020
- Jan 22, 2020 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 1-21-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 75
- Jan 22, 2020 · Senate
Published 1-22-2020
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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