2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature

Assembly Bill 579

An Act to create 20.285 (1) (fv) and 36.50 of the statutes; Relating to: University of Wisconsin System tuition grant program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Status: A - Colleges and Universities

Important Actions (newest first)

Date / House Action Journal
3/23/2026 Asm.Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1688

History

Date / House Action Journal
10/24/2025 Asm.Introduced by Representatives Brown, Miresse, Emerson, Phelps, Billings, DeSmidt, Stroud, Joers, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Clancy, DeSanto, Doyle, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Haywood, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Johnson, Kirsch, Madison, Mayadev, McCarville, McGuire, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Stubbs, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio, Udell and Vining;
cosponsored by Senators Dassler-Alfheim, Pfaff, Carpenter, Drake, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer, Wall and Wirch
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10/24/2025 Asm.Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities323
11/3/2025 Asm.Fiscal estimate received 
3/23/2026 Asm.Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1688
 
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