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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 67

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Relating to: the award of Wisconsin Merit scholarships to University of Wisconsin System students. (FE)

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  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

This bill eliminates the sunset date for Wisconsin Merit scholarships awarded

to University of Wisconsin System students.

Current law requires the Board of Regents of the UW System to annually award

Wisconsin Merit scholarships in the amount of $5,000 to UW System students.

These scholarships are paid from the normal school fund from an appropriation

balance after certain other expenses are paid, but scholarships may not be awarded

on or after April 1, 2023.

This bill eliminates the April 1, 2023, sunset date for these UW System merit

scholarships.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , August (R) , Brooks (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Goeben (R) , Green (R) , Gundrum (R) , Kitchens (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Nedweski (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Plumer (R) , Rettinger (R) , Sinicki (D) , Spiros (R) , Tittl (R)

5 cosponsors

Cowles (R) , Knodl (R) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Taylor (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s.16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0

Passed 16–0 Mar 8, 2023 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 96–0 Mar 14, 2023 official source full page

Aye · 96

Not voting · 3

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 20, 2023 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 31–0 Mar 22, 2023 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Feb 23, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Green, August, Armstrong, Brooks, Dittrich, Duchow, Goeben, Gundrum, Kitchens, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Penterman, Plumer, Rettinger, Sinicki, Spiros and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Nass, Marklein, Cowles and Taylor

  2. Feb 23, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Mar 1, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 1, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Mar 2, 2023 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on State Affairs and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

  6. Mar 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Mar 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s.16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0

  8. Mar 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Mar 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 3-14-2023 by Committee on Rules

  10. Mar 10, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Knodl added as a coauthor

  11. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  12. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 0

  15. Mar 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Mar 15, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  17. Mar 20, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  18. Mar 20, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Mar 20, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  20. Mar 20, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-22-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  21. Mar 22, 2023 · Senate

    Read a second time

  22. Mar 22, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Mar 22, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  24. Mar 22, 2023 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 31, Noes 0

  25. Mar 22, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Mar 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  27. Mar 24, 2023 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-24-2023

  28. Apr 3, 2023 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-3-2023

  29. Apr 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-5-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 2

  30. Apr 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Published 4-6-2023