Bills by subject

Technical college

85 bills and resolutions. 12 became law, 4 were vetoed, and 29 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

AB 102 Designating University of Wisconsin and technical college sports and athletic teams based on the sex of the participants.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 166 Academic and career planning services provided to pupils and requiring the reporting of certain data on college student costs and outcomes. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 750 Admission of students to technical college programs.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 498 Free speech and academic freedom at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, due process in disciplinary proceedings at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, and causes of action against the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and technical college district boards. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 30

Mar 23, 2026
AB 21: Technical colleges’ lease of their facilities to others. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 47: Tuition and fee remission for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 13, 2026
AB 102: Designating University of Wisconsin and technical college sports and athletic teams based on the sex of the participants.
Vetoed by the governor.
May 13, 2026
AB 166: Academic and career planning services provided to pupils and requiring the reporting of certain data on college student costs and outcomes. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 298: Grants for technical colleges to provide mapping data to law enforcement. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 486: Permissible financial aid reductions in higher education. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 501: Free speech and academic freedom at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, due process in disciplinary proceedings at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, and causes of action against the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and technical college district boards. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 591: 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)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 2, 2026
AB 659: Tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college, or a private nonprofit institution of higher education; and the University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption for certain veterans. (FE)
Became law.

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May 13, 2026
AB 750: Admission of students to technical college programs.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 947: Expanding the Office of School Safety to cover technical colleges and campus safety plans for technical colleges. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1175: Student identification acceptable for voting.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
AB 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)
Stopped in committee.
Jun 19, 2025
AJR 66: Congratulating Southwest Wisconsin Technical College for winning the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 138: Designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 26: Technical colleges’ lease of their facilities to others. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 59: Tuition and fee remission for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or a technical college. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 116: Designating University of Wisconsin and technical college sports and athletic teams based on the sex of the participants.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 199: Academic and career planning services provided to pupils and requiring the reporting of certain data on college student costs and outcomes. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 303: Grants for technical colleges to provide mapping data to law enforcement. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 13, 2026
SB 498: Free speech and academic freedom at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, due process in disciplinary proceedings at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges, and causes of action against the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System and technical college district boards. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 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)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 640: Tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college, or a private nonprofit institution of higher education; and the University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption for certain veterans. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 750: Admission of students to technical college programs.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 868: Permissible financial aid reductions in higher education. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 928: Expanding the Office of School Safety to cover technical colleges and campus safety plans for technical colleges. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 65: Congratulating Southwest Wisconsin Technical College for winning the 2025 Aspen Prize for Community College Excellence.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 132: Designating the month of February 2026 as Career and Technical Education Month in Wisconsin.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.

2011–12 session: 30

May 27, 2011
AB 7: Requiring certain identification in order to vote at a polling place or obtain an absentee ballot, verification of the addresses of electors, absentee voting procedure in certain residential care apartment complexes and adult family homes, identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation, creating an identification certificate issued by the Department of Transportation, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 97: Advanced manufacturing skills grants for technical colleges.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 133: Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 143: The Wisconsin higher education grant program, tuition grant program, Lawton minority undergraduate grant program, minority undergraduate retention grant program, and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 187: Requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to create and implement a business retention program, increasing the funding for skills enhancement grants, advanced manufacturing skills grants for technical colleges, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 398: Workforce growth grants to technical college districts and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 427: The purposes, authority, and responsibilities of the Educational Approval Board and the regulation of schools by that board.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 431: Grants to technical college district boards under the Workforce Advancement Training Program.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 447: Authorizing a school board to grant a vocational high school diploma.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Mar 23, 2012
AB 457: Various changes in the unemployment insurance law.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 460: Use of university, college, or technical college identification cards as proof of identification for voting.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 639: Proof of identification for voting by university, college or technical college students.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 3, 2012
AB 714: Mandatory reporting of child abuse or neglect by professors, administrators, coaches, and other employees of a public, private, or tribal postsecondary educational institution.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 88: Commemorating the achievements and contributions of Western Technical College on the occasion of its centennial.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 15, 2012
AJR 125: Commending Milwaukee Area Technical College on the occasion of its 100th year of service.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 40: Advanced manufacturing skills grants for technical colleges.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 53: Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 121: Requiring the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation to create and implement a business retention program, increasing the funding for skills enhancement grants, advanced manufacturing skills grants for technical colleges, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 132: Exempting certain capital expenditures made by a technical college district from the requirement for a referendum.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 16, 2012
SB 275: Membership of technical college district boards.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 316: Grants to technical college district boards under the Workforce Advancement Training Program.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2012
SB 335: Authorizing a school board to grant a vocational high school diploma.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 481: Proof of identification for voting by university, college or technical college students.
Stopped in committee.
Sep 14, 2011
SJR 39: Commending Gateway Technical College on its 100th anniversary.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 48: Creating fiscal year allowable revenues for the state and local governmental units, returning excess revenue to the taxpayers, requiring electoral approval for certain taxing and spending decisions, and allowing local governmental units to exempt themselves from certain state mandates (first consideration).
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Jan 30, 2012
SJR 52: Commemorating the achievements and contributions of Western Technical College on the occasion of its centennial.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 19, 2012
SJR 65: Commending Madison Area Technical College on its 100th anniversary.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 19, 2012
SJR 66: Commemorating the achievements and contributions of Moraine Park Technical College on the occasion of its centennial.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.

2009–10 session: 25

Apr 28, 2010
AB 51: Scheduling of classes at technical colleges.
Stopped in committee.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 118: Coverage of dependents under health care plans.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 398: Granting police authority to technical college district boards.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 509: Exempting certain capital expenditures made by a technical college district from the requirement for a referendum.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 513: The amounts appropriated for tuition grants and for Wisconsin higher education grants for University of Wisconsin system students, technical college students, and tribal college students; grants to technical college districts to reduce unemployment; grants to businesses to make capital expenditures; increasing the total amount of angel investment credits; creating a new individual income tax upper bracket; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 536: Authorizing the Department of Public Instruction, the University of Wisconsin System, the Technical College System, and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to study each other's education programs, requiring a written agreement concerning such studies, and requiring the establishment of a longitudinal data system of student data.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 624: The use of the terms college, university, state, and Wisconsin in the name of a school; the issuing, manufacture, or use of a false academic credential; the false use of a legitimate academic credential; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 641: A postsecondary education tax credit for businesses; increasing annual limits on angel investment tax credits; awarding grants to the WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc.; business plan competitions and an emerging technology center in the University of Wisconsin System; rural outsourcing grants; requiring the Department of Commerce to award grants to a high-technology business development corporation and grants for converting manufacturing facilities; increasing funding for certain economic development programs; a pilot program providing microloans for the creation of new businesses; increasing funding for certain technical college training program grants; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 702: The veterans tuition reimbursement program.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Apr 28, 2010
AB 724: Creating an ambulance operator safety program in the Department of Transportation, rules of the road applicable to the operation of ambulances, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 781: Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 804: Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 907: Funding postretirement health care benefits of local government employees.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 18: Fee remissions for certain University of Wisconsin System and technical college students.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 2, 2009
SB 62: State finances and appropriations and making diverse other changes in the statutes.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 70: Coverage of dependents under health care plans.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 85: Eligibility for tuition fee remission for certain veterans and their spouses, surviving spouses, and children.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 260: Granting police authority to technical college district boards.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2010
SB 304: The veterans tuition reimbursement program.
Became law.
Nov 12, 2009
SB 371: Authorizing the Department of Public Instruction, the University of Wisconsin System, the Technical College System, and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to study each other's education programs, requiring a written agreement concerning such studies, and requiring the establishment of a longitudinal data system of student data.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 378: Exempting certain capital expenditures made by a technical college district from the requirement for a referendum.
Stopped in committee.
May 26, 2010
SB 409: A postsecondary education tax credit for businesses; increasing annual limits on angel investment tax credits; awarding grants to the WiSys Technology Foundation, Inc.; business plan competitions and an emerging technology center in the University of Wisconsin System; rural outsourcing grants; requiring the Department of Commerce to award grants to a high-technology business development corporation and grants for converting manufacturing facilities; increasing funding for certain economic development programs; a pilot program providing microloans for the creation of new businesses; increasing funding for certain technical college training program grants; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making appropriations.
Became law.
May 13, 2010
SB 431: The use of the terms college, university, state, and Wisconsin in the name of a school; the issuing, manufacture, or use of a false academic credential; the false use of a legitimate academic credential; making an appropriation; and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 518: Creating an ambulance operator safety program in the Department of Transportation, rules of the road applicable to the operation of ambulances, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.

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