Senate Bill 587
Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Higher Educational Aids Board, Technical college, University of Wisconsin: Tuition, Veteran: Education
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
Oct 24, 2025
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs. The committee's chair at the time was André Jacque. 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 Assembly as AB 591. That version died when the session ended.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
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.
Under current law, eligible veterans and their eligible dependents may receive full tuition and fee remission from UW System institutions and technical college districts, minus tuition relief offsets under other state or federal programs, for up to 128 credits or eight semesters, whichever is longer. This tuition remission program is commonly referred to as the Wisconsin GI Bill. Also under current law, a sum certain of general program revenue is appropriated to the Higher Educational Aids Board to reimburse the Board of Regents and technical college district boards for the amount of tuition and fees remitted under the program. HEAB is required to prorate the reimbursements if the moneys appropriated are not sufficient to fully reimburse the Board of Regents and each district board.
This bill converts the sum certain appropriation supporting this veteran tuition remission program into a sum sufficient appropriation and repeals provisions of law that refer to insufficient funds available in the sum certain appropriation. The bill first applies to eligible students enrolled in the fall 2026 semester.
Who's behind it
14 senators are its . All 14 are Democrats.
24 more lawmakers .
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Authors (14)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Jeff Smith · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (24)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Tara Johnson · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner · Democrat, Assembly
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
- Duke Tucker · Republican, Assembly
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 19, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Nov 11, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 10, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Nov 7, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 24, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs.
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Oct 24, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Oct 24, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Dassler-Alfheim, Pfaff, Roys, Ratcliff, Spreitzer, Wirch, Hesselbein, Smith, Carpenter, Habush Sinykin, Keyeski, Larson, Drake and L. Johnson; cosponsored by Representatives Billings, Sinicki, Palmeri, Ortiz-Velez, DeSmidt, Tenorio, Arney, Miresse, Rivera-Wagner, Goodwin, Subeck, Stubbs, Joers, Fitzgerald, Roe, Sheehan, Bare, Snodgrass, Stroud, Johnson, Andraca and Tucker
- Oct 24, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Veteran and Military Affairs
- Nov 7, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 10, 2025 · Senate
Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
- Nov 11, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Nov 11, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
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