WI AB 486
in committeeRelating to: permissible financial aid reductions in higher education. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did WI AB 486 pass?
Not yet. WI AB 486 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
What is WI AB 486 about?
WI AB 486 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: permissible financial aid reductions in higher education. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI AB 486?
O'Connor, Mursau, Maxey and 2 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 486.
- Introduced
- 2025-10-09
- Latest action
- 2026-03-23 — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- O'Connorprimary
- Mursauprimary
- Maxeyprimary
- Behnkeprimary
- Sortwellprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-03-23
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
amendment-failure
2026-03-09
Available for scheduling
2026-03-09
Report concurrence by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 2, Noes 3
2026-03-09
Executive action taken
2026-03-04
Public hearing held
2026-02-16
Read first time and referred to committee on Universities and Technical Colleges
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-13
Received from Assembly
receipt
2026-02-12
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-12
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 45
passage,reading-3
2026-02-12
Rules suspended
2026-02-12
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-12
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2026-02-12
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-10
Placed on calendar 2-12-2026 by Committee on Rules
2026-01-14
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2026-01-14
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 6, Noes 4
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-14
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 6, Noes 4
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-08
Executive action taken
2026-01-07
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell
amendment-introduction
2025-12-17
Senator Jacque added as a cosponsor
2025-12-10
Public hearing held
2025-10-16
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-10-14
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-10-09
Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-10-09
Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Behnke, Maxey, Mursau and O'Connor
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Votes
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 6, Noes 4
2026-01-14 · pass · 6-4
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 6, Noes 4
2026-01-14 · pass · 6-4
PASSAGE
2026-02-12 · pass · 53-45
Member-level votes (98)
- ALLEN: yes
- ANDERSON: no
- ANDRACA: no
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: no
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: no
- BEHNKE: yes
- BILLINGS: no
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: yes
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: no
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CLANCY: no
- CRUZ: no
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: no
- DESMIDT: no
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DOYLE: no
- DUCHOW: yes
- EMERSON: no
- FITZGERALD: no
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: yes
- GOODWIN: no
- GREEN: yes
- GUNDRUM: yes
- GUSTAFSON: yes
- HAYWOOD: no
- HONG: no
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: no
- JACOBSON, B: yes
- JACOBSON, J: no
- JOERS: no
- JOHNSON: no
- KAUFERT: yes
- KIRSCH: no
- KITCHENS: yes
- KNODL: yes
- KREIBICH: yes
- KRUG: yes
- KURTZ: yes
- MADISON: no
- MAXEY: yes
- MAYADEV: no
- MCCARVILLE: no
- MCGUIRE: no
- MELOTIK: yes
- MIRESSE: no
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: no
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEUBAUER: no
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- O'CONNOR: yes
- ORTIZ-VELEZ: no
- PALMERI: no
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PETERSEN: yes
- PHELPS: no
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRADO: no
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RIVERA-WAGNER: no
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: no
- SHEEHAN: no
- SINICKI: no
- SNODGRASS: no
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: yes
- SPAUDE: no
- SPIROS: yes
- STEFFEN: yes
- STROUD: no
- STUBBS: no
- SUBECK: no
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TAYLOR: no
- TENORIO: no
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: no
- VANDERMEER: yes
- VINING: no
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- SPEAKER: yes
Report concurrence by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 2, Noes 3
2026-03-09 · fail · 2-3
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