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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

AB 91

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Relating to: exempting veterans and members of the armed forces from admissions application fees at University of Wisconsin System schools and technical colleges. (FE)

Military personnel Technical college University of wisconsin — Entrance requirement Veteran — Education

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill creates an application fee exemption for veterans and members of the

U.S. armed forces applying for admission to University of Wisconsin System schools

or technical colleges.

Under current law, a student who is a service member must be given priority

in registering for courses at UW System schools and technical colleges. A “service

member” is defined as a person who has served or is serving on active duty under

honorable conditions in the U.S. armed forces, in forces incorporated as part of the

U.S. armed forces, in the national guard, or in a reserve component of the U.S. armed

forces.

Under this bill, a UW System school or technical college may not charge an

application fee to a service member applying for admission to the UW System school

or technical college or to any program offered at the school or technical college.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Armstrong (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Edming (R) , Green (R) , Mursau (R) , Myers (D) , Novak (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Rozar (R) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Subeck (D)

7 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Gustafson (R) , J. Anderson, O'Connor, Goeben and Michalski , Jacque (R) , Joers (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Stubbs (D)

Votes

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

Passed 14–0 Oct 19, 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 96–2 Feb 20, 2024 official source full page

Aye · 96

Nay · 2

Not voting · 1

Full history

  1. Mar 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Edming, Novak, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Green, Mursau, Myers, Ortiz-Velez, Rozar, Shankland, Subeck and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Jacque and Carpenter

  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. Jun 5, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor

  6. Jun 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Representatives J. Anderson, O'Connor, Goeben and Michalski added as coauthors

  7. Jun 8, 2023 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  8. Jun 22, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Ratcliff added as a coauthor

  9. Sep 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Joers added as a coauthor

  10. Sep 7, 2023 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  11. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

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

  12. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  13. Jan 10, 2024 · Assembly

    Representative Gustafson added as a coauthor

  14. Feb 15, 2024 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules

  15. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  18. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 2

  19. Feb 20, 2024 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  20. Feb 21, 2024 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  21. Feb 26, 2024 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Universities and Revenue

  22. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1