Assembly Bill 761
Funding for the department of financial institutions from the college savings program trust fund and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Children, Children: Adoption, Financial Institutions, Department of, Public employee, Scholarships and loans
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
Dec 17, 2025
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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 Financial Institutions. The committee's chair at the time was Cindi Duchow. 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 753. That version died when the session ended.
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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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 creates an annual appropriation to the Department of Financial Institutions, from the college savings program trust fund, to fund higher education expenses for children who were born or adopted in this state, reside in this state, and are designated beneficiaries of a college savings account. The bill also creates an additional position in DFI to administer a program in which DFI establishes master or interim holding accounts under the college savings program and makes deposits, for higher education expenses, into accounts established for children who were born or adopted in this state, reside in this state, and are designated beneficiaries of a college savings account. The bill provides funding, from the college savings program trust fund, for this position and for the implementation and administration of the program.
Who's behind it
15 representatives are its . 9 are Democrats and 6 are Republicans.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (15)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Jim Piwowarczyk · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (10)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, 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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Feb 17, 2026
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Dec 30, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 29, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Dec 17, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Financial Institutions.
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Dec 17, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 17, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Behnke, Joers, Anderson, DeSmidt, Goodwin, Gundrum, Kaufert, Kreibich, McCarville, Piwowarczyk, Snodgrass, Stroud, Subeck, Udell and Knodl; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Hesselbein, Carpenter, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer
- Dec 17, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Financial Institutions
- Dec 29, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
- Dec 30, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 17, 2026 · Assembly
Senator Dassler-Alfheim added as a cosponsor
- 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