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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 64

Technical college farmer tuition assistance grants and making an appropriation. (FE)

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 12, 2021

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill creates a tuition assistance grant program under which the Technical College System Board awards grants to current or prospective farmers in the state for the purpose of paying no more than 50 percent of tuition costs for enrolling in Wisconsin technical college courses on farm management or farm finance. A current or prospective farmer may receive no more than $1,000 in these grants per year for no more than three years.

Who's behind it

17 lawmakers are its ⁠. 13 are Republicans and 4 are Democrats.

6 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 23 names

Authors (17)

Signed on in support (6)

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.

Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities vote to recommend it

Passed, 14 to 0 · Mar 25, 2021

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 Colleges and Universities, Ayes 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 25, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Mar 25, 2021

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 0.

  4. Mar 11, 2021

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  5. Mar 4, 2021

    The committee held a public hearing.

  6. Feb 17, 2021

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  7. Feb 12, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities.

  8. Feb 12, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Oldenburg, VanderMeer, Doyle, Edming, James, Krug, B. Meyers, Moses, Mursau, Novak, Petryk, Plumer, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spreitzer, Tranel and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Ballweg, Bernier, Petrowski, Pfaff and Ringhand

  2. Feb 12, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

  3. Feb 17, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 4, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 11, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Shankland added as a coauthor

  7. Mar 25, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  8. Mar 25, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Mar 15, 2022 · 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.

More in the glossary

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.

More in the glossary

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