Assembly Bill 821
A University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption. (FE)
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Dec 8, 2023
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates a nonresident tuition exemption for certain University of Wisconsin System students. Current law allows the Board of Regents of the UW System to charge different tuition rates to resident and nonresident students.
Current law also includes nonresident tuition exemptions, under which certain nonresident students pay resident tuition rates. This bill creates an additional exemption for a person who has resided in this state for 12 months immediately preceding any semester or session in which they register at an institution and who is in approved deferred action status pursuant to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Who's behind it
23 representatives are its . 17 are Democrats and 6 are Republicans.
17 more lawmakers .
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Authors (23)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Samba Baldeh · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Sue Conley · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Goyke · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Tip McGuire · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (17)
- Melissa Agard · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Jacobson and Palmeri
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- LaKeshia Myers · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 29, 2024 to Apr 3, 2024
4 more representatives signed on in support.
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Jan 19, 2024
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 12, 2023 to Jan 8, 2024
5 more representatives signed on in support.
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Dec 8, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities.
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Dec 8, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 8, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Macco, Ortiz-Velez, Kitchens, Conley, Goyke, McGuire, O'Connor, Allen, C. Anderson, J. Anderson, Andraca, Baldeh, Bare, Considine, Emerson, Hong, Joers, Madison, Mursau, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Snyder and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Taylor, James, Hesselbein, Tomczyk, Agard, Carpenter, Larson, Roys and Spreitzer
- Dec 8, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities
- Dec 12, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Sinicki added as a coauthor
- Dec 14, 2023 · Assembly
- Jan 3, 2024 · Assembly
Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
- Jan 8, 2024 · Assembly
Representative Ratcliff added as a coauthor
- Jan 19, 2024 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 29, 2024 · Assembly
Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor
- Feb 1, 2024 · Assembly
Representative Haywood added as a coauthor
- Feb 2, 2024 · Assembly
Representative Myers added as a coauthor
- Apr 3, 2024 · Assembly
Representative Vining added as a coauthor
- Apr 15, 2024 · 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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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