Assembly Bill 1223
A tuition program for higher education students seeking careers in teaching, firefighting, or law enforcement, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Fire department, Higher Educational Aids Board, Police, Teacher, Technical college, University of Wisconsin: Tuition
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
Mar 19, 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 30, 2026: “Senator Keyeski added as a cosponsor”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs. The committee's chair at the time was Rob Swearingen. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill creates a forgivable loan program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board to pay tuition and fees of University of Wisconsin System and technical college students committed to completing at least 10 years in a teaching, firefighting, or law enforcement career in this state. A student is generally eligible to receive a loan under the program if the student 1) is a resident of this state enrolled in a UW System institution or technical college and has made satisfactory academic progress, and 2) commits to pursuing a career in teaching, firefighting, or law enforcement in this state in a full-time capacity for the 10 years after finishing his or her training or program. HEAB’s loans to eligible students are limited to eight semesters for a baccalaureate program or four semesters for a program or firefighting training component in a technical college. HEAB must evenly allocate the funding for loans made under the loan forgiveness program to individuals seeking a career in, respectively, teaching, firefighting, and law enforcement. HEAB must defer repayment of loans awarded under the program while the loan recipient is enrolled as an eligible student and in each year after finishing the training or program if the recipient lives in this state and is employed in teaching, firefighting, or law enforcement in this state. If a loan recipient has lived in this state and been employed full-time in teaching, firefighting, or law enforcement for seven years after finishing his or her training or program, HEAB must forgive 50 percent of the loan. HEAB must forgive 100 percent of the loan if these requirements are satisfied for 10 years. Generally a loan recipient that does not satisfy these requirements must repay the loan at an annual interest rate of 5 percent. HEAB may promulgate rules to implement and administer the loan forgiveness program.
Who's behind it
11 representatives are its . All 11 are Democrats.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (11)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Tip McGuire · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Mar 30, 2026
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 19, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.
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Mar 19, 2026
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Sheehan, McGuire, Anderson, Brown, Emerson, McCarville, Palmeri, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck and Prado; cosponsored by Senators Pfaff and Dassler-Alfheim
- Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Mar 30, 2026 · Assembly
Senator Keyeski added as a cosponsor
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
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