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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Assembly Bill 86

Permissible financial aid reductions in higher education. (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

    Mar 8, 2023

  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, Apr 15, 2024: “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 prohibits higher education institutions (University of Wisconsin System institutions, Wisconsin technical colleges, and private, nonprofit institutions that are members of the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities) from reducing gift aid that the higher education institution has offered to a student because the student has received a private or external “last-dollar scholarship” from a Wisconsin-based entity unless certain circumstances apply.

“Gift aid” is defined in the bill as all financial aid that is not a loan or work-study program and includes grants, scholarships, tuition waivers, and third-party payments. “Last-dollar scholarship” is defined as gift aid awarded to a student to meet any of the student's financial need not met by federal, state, or institutional gift aid.

Read the full summary

Under this bill, a higher education institution may reduce the amount of a student's offered gift aid in order to comply with the individual or team financial aid restrictions of a governing national intercollegiate athletic association. Additionally, under the bill a higher education institution may reduce the amount of offered gift aid if the student's total gift aid from all sources exceeds the student's financial need, and the higher education institution may further reduce a student's offered gift aid if the higher education institution receives approval to do so from the organization that has awarded the private or external scholarship that triggered the student's total gift aid exceeding the student's financial need.

Who's behind it

7 representatives are its ⁠. All 7 are Republicans.

3 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 10 names

Authors (7)

Signed on in support (3)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities vote on an amendment

Passed, 9 to 5 · Oct 19, 2023

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 9, Noes 5”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities vote to recommend it

Passed, 9 to 5 · Oct 19, 2023

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 9, Noes 5”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Oct 19, 2023

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Oct 19, 2023

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 5.

  4. Jun 8, 2023

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  5. Jun 8, 2023

    The committee held a public hearing.

  6. Mar 16, 2023

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  7. Mar 8, 2023

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities.

  8. Mar 8, 2023

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Allen, Armstrong, Behnke, Edming, Gustafson and Rozar; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara and Nass

  2. Mar 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

  3. Mar 16, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 16, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Mar 16, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jun 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

  7. Jun 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Jun 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Michalski added as a coauthor

  9. Oct 6, 2023 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

  10. Oct 10, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  11. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 9, Noes 5

  12. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 9, Noes 5

  13. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  14. 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.

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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