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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 1005

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Relating to: admission to University of Wisconsin System institutions.

University of wisconsin — Entrance requirement University of wisconsin — Madison

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, stopped here
  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

Current law requires the University of Wisconsin System to establish a guaranteed admission program. Under this program, Wisconsin high school students who rank in the top 10 percent of their high school class, or in the top 5 percent for UW–Madison, are generally eligible for guaranteed admission. A student’s class rank is based solely on the student’s grade point average.

This bill requires undergraduate admission decisions at UW System institutions to be predominantly based on college entrance examination performance or similar objective testing measures, except with respect to applicants admitted through the guaranteed admission program.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brill (R) , Dittrich (R) , Gustafson (R) , Murphy (R) , O'Connor (R)

2 cosponsors

Kitchens (R) , Testin (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 7, Noes 4

Passed 7–4 Feb 10, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 7, Noes 4

Passed 7–4 Feb 10, 2026 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 52–45 Feb 12, 2026 official source full page

Aye · 52

Nay · 45

Not voting · 2

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 9, 2026 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Gustafson, Murphy, O'Connor, Brill and Dittrich; cosponsored by Senator Testin

  2. Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

  3. Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 5, 2026 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Gustafson

  6. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 7, Noes 4

  8. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 7, Noes 4

  9. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  10. Feb 10, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-12-2026 by Committee on Rules

  11. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Subeck

  12. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  14. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Subeck

  15. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Gustafson

  16. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  17. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  19. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 52, Noes 45

  20. Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Feb 13, 2026 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  22. Feb 16, 2026 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Universities and Technical Colleges

  23. Mar 4, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  24. Mar 9, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  25. Mar 9, 2026 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  26. Mar 9, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  27. Mar 16, 2026 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  28. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a second time

  29. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  30. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  31. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  32. Mar 17, 2026 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  33. Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  34. Mar 24, 2026 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-24-2026

  35. Apr 2, 2026 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  36. Apr 3, 2026 · Assembly

    Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-3-2026

  37. May 12, 2026 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 5-12-2026 pursuant to Joint Rule 82 (2)(a)

  38. May 13, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass notwithstanding the objections of the Governor pursuant to Joint Rule 82