Assembly Bill 1078
Creating an innovation grant program for institutions of higher education and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Colleges and universities, Economic Development Corporation, Wisconsin
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 26, 2026
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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, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities. The committee's chair at the time was Dave Murphy. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 1069. That version died when the session ended.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to establish and administer an Innovation Grant Program to provide to private nonprofit colleges funding for the development of new academic programs and community partnerships that are designed to meet workforce needs and infrastructure projects that benefit the broader public and that are designed to meet workforce needs. Under the bill, WEDC awards grants to these colleges to support the launch of innovative academic programs that are designed to meet workforce needs and infrastructure projects that benefit the larger public and that are designed to meet workforce needs, subject to the following limitations: 1) the grant recipient must provide matching funding; 2) the grant recipient must demonstrate a pathway for the academic program or infrastructure project to become self-sustaining; and 3) no more than 10 percent of the total amount of grants may be awarded to a single private nonprofit college.
Who's behind it
7 representatives are its . 6 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Andrew Hysell · Democrat, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Adam Neylon · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 9, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 26, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities.
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Feb 26, 2026
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 26, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Maxey, Murphy, Knodl, Kreibich, Neylon, Wichgers and Hysell; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara and Spreitzer
- Feb 26, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities
- Mar 9, 2026 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 23, 2026 · 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