Senate Bill 630
Funding sources for certain private postsecondary schools and granting rule-making authority
Topics: Colleges and universities, Safety and Professional Services, Department of
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
Nov 14, 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 Universities and Technical Colleges. The committee's chair at the time was Rob Hutton. 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 637. 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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill precludes certain private postsecondary schools, primarily for-profit schools, from enrolling Wisconsin students if more than 80 percent of their revenue is derived from federal student aid programs.
Under current law, the Department of Safety and Professional Services regulates certain private postsecondary institutions, including private for-profit colleges (proprietary schools). Proprietary schools must obtain approval from DSPS before operating in this state and are subject to various operational requirements.
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Under federal law, to participate in federal student aid programs, a proprietary school must enter into an agreement that it will derive not less than 10 percent of its revenues from sources other than federal education assistance funds. A proprietary school that violates this agreement for two consecutive years is ineligible to receive federal student aid funds for at least two years thereafter.
The bill incorporates into state law a provision similar to the federal provision, but with modification. Under the bill, a proprietary school may not enroll Wisconsin residents if less than 20 percent of the school’s annual revenue is derived from a source other than federal funds in two of the three preceding fiscal years. DSPS must promulgate rules to administer the prohibition.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . All 4 are Democrats.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (12)
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen Kirsch · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 24, 2025 to Dec 17, 2025
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Nov 14, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges.
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Nov 14, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Nov 14, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Larson, Carpenter, Hesselbein and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Tenorio, Clancy, DeSmidt, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Hong, Kirsch, Madison, McCarville and Miresse
- Nov 14, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges
- Nov 24, 2025 · Senate
Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- Dec 17, 2025 · Senate
Representative Vining 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
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