Assembly

Record of Committee Proceedings

Committee on Colleges and Universities

Assembly Bill 714

Relating to: the Minnesota-Wisconsin tuition reciprocity agreement and making an appropriation.

By Representatives Zimmerman, Murphy, Baldeh, Billings, Born, Brostoff, Doyle, Duchow, Emerson, Horlacher, Krug, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Milroy, Moses, Neubauer, Oldenburg, Petryk, Ramthun, Stubbs, Wichgers and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Stafsholt, Ballweg, Bernier, Bewley, Darling, Felzkowski, Larson, Pfaff, Roys and Smith.

November 16, 2021    Referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

December 08, 2021     Public Hearing Held

Present:       (14)      Representative Murphy; Representatives Dallman, Tranel, Duchow, Wittke, Summerfield, Krug, Petryk, Cabral-Guevara, Moses, Shankland, Anderson, Emerson and Stubbs.

Absent:       (0)        None.

Excused:     (1)        Representative Hesselbein.

Appearances For

·      Mark Austinson - Office of State Representative Zimmerman

·      Rob Cramer - UW-Madison

·      Chancellor Maria Gallo - UW-River Falls

·      Chancellor Renee Wachter - UW-Superior

Appearances Against

·      None.

Appearances for Information Only

·      None.

Registrations For

·      Director of External and Government Relations Keri Duce - UW-Milwaukee

·      President Tommy Thompson - UW System

·      Professor Michael Bernard-Donals - PROFS

·      State Senator Rob Stafsholt - 10th Senate District

·      State Representative Shannon Zimmerman - 30th Assembly District

Registrations Against

·      None.

Registrations for Information Only

·      None.

January 13, 2022         Executive Session Held

Present:       (13)      Representative Murphy; Representatives Dallman, Tranel, Duchow, Wittke, Summerfield, Petryk, Cabral-Guevara, Moses, Hesselbein, Shankland, Anderson and Stubbs.

Absent:       (0)        None.

Excused:     (2)        Representatives Krug and Emerson.

Moved by Representative Petryk, seconded by Representative Cabral-Guevara that Assembly Bill 714 be recommended for passage.

Ayes:     (13)   Representative Murphy; Representatives Dallman, Tranel, Duchow, Wittke, Summerfield, Petryk, Cabral-Guevara, Moses, Hesselbein, Shankland, Anderson and Stubbs.

Noes:     (0)     None.

PASSAGE RECOMMENDED, Ayes 13, Noes 0

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Michael Moscicke

Committee Clerk