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WI SB 501

enacted

Relating to: creating a veterinary loan repayment grant program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and exempting from taxation amounts received from such a grant program.

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did WI SB 501 pass?

Yes. WI SB 501 has been enacted into law as of 2026-04-06. Latest recorded action (2026-04-06): Published 4-3-2026

What is WI SB 501 about?

WI SB 501 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: creating a veterinary loan repayment grant program administered by the Higher Educational Aids Board and exempting from taxation amounts received from such a grant program.”.

Who sponsors WI SB 501?

Pfaff, Marklein, Stafsholt and 1 others are the primary sponsors of WI SB 501.

Introduced
2025-10-02
Latest action
2026-04-06 — Published 4-3-2026
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Pfaffprimary
  • Markleinprimary
  • Stafsholtprimary
  • Cabral-Guevaraprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-10-02

    Introduced by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Stafsholt, Marklein and Pfaff; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Tranel, Kreibich, Melotik, Miresse, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Rivera-Wagner, Sheehan, Steffen and Stroud

    introduction

  2. 2025-10-02

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-10-13

    Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor

  4. 2025-10-15

    Public hearing held

  5. 2025-10-24

    Executive action taken

  6. 2025-10-24

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  7. 2025-10-24

    Available for scheduling

  8. 2025-11-14

    Representative Udell added as a cosponsor

  9. 2025-12-15

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor

  10. 2026-01-06

    Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions requested

  11. 2026-01-12

    Representative DeSanto added as a cosponsor

  12. 2026-01-12

    Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0

    receipt

  13. 2026-01-22

    Representative Tucker added as a cosponsor

  14. 2026-01-26

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara

    amendment-introduction

  15. 2026-01-29

    Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

    referral-committee

  16. 2026-02-03

    Executive action taken

  17. 2026-02-03

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

    amendment-passage

  18. 2026-02-03

    Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

    committee-passage-favorable

  19. 2026-02-03

    Available for scheduling

  20. 2026-02-09

    Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  21. 2026-02-09

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  22. 2026-02-11

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  23. 2026-02-11

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

    amendment-passage,passage

  24. 2026-02-11

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  25. 2026-02-11

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  26. 2026-02-11

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 1

    passage,reading-3

  27. 2026-02-11

    Senators Carpenter, Spreitzer and Smith added as coauthors

  28. 2026-02-11

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. 2026-02-12

    Received from Senate

    receipt

  30. 2026-02-18

    Referred to committee on Rules

    referral-committee

  31. 2026-02-18

    Made a special order of business at 11:24 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  32. 2026-02-19

    Read a second time

    reading-2

  33. 2026-02-19

    Ordered to a third reading

    reading-3

  34. 2026-02-19

    Rules suspended

  35. 2026-02-19

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 89, Noes 7

    passage,reading-3

  36. 2026-02-19

    Ordered immediately messaged

  37. 2026-02-23

    Received from Assembly concurred in

    receipt

  38. 2026-02-24

    Report correctly enrolled

    enrolled

  39. 2026-03-06

    Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

  40. 2026-03-19

    Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor

  41. 2026-03-19

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  42. 2026-04-02

    Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

    executive-receipt

  43. 2026-04-06

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 177

    executive-signature

  44. 2026-04-06

    Published 4-3-2026

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0

    2025-10-24 · pass · 5-0

  • Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0

    2026-01-12 · pass · 9-0

  • Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

    2026-02-03 · pass · 15-0

  • Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

    2026-02-03 · pass · 15-0

  • PASSAGE

    2026-02-11 · pass · 32-1

    Member-level votes (33)
    • BRADLEY: yes
    • JAGLER: yes
    • ROYS: yes
    • CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
    • JAMES: yes
    • SMITH: yes
    • CARPENTER: yes
    • JOHNSON: yes
    • SPREITZER: yes
    • DASSLER-ALFHEI: yes
    • KEYESKI: yes
    • STAFSHOLT: yes
    • DRAKE: yes
    • LARSON: yes
    • TESTIN: yes
    • FELZKOWSKI: yes
    • LEMAHIEU: yes
    • TOMCZYK: yes
    • FEYEN: yes
    • MARKLEIN: yes
    • WALL: yes
    • HABUSH SINYKIN: yes
    • NASS: yes
    • WANGGAARD: yes
    • HESSELBEIN: yes
    • PFAFF: yes
    • WIMBERGER: yes
    • HUTTON: yes
    • QUINN: yes
    • WIRCH: yes
    • JACQUE: yes
    • RATCLIFF: yes
    • KAPENGA: no

  • CONCURRENCE

    2026-02-19 · pass · 89-7

    Member-level votes (96)
    • ALLEN: yes
    • ANDERSON: yes
    • ANDRACA: yes
    • ARMSTRONG: yes
    • ARNEY: yes
    • AUGUST: yes
    • BARE: yes
    • BEHNKE: yes
    • BILLINGS: yes
    • BORN: yes
    • BRILL: yes
    • BROOKS: yes
    • BROWN: yes
    • CALLAHAN: yes
    • CLANCY: no
    • CRUZ: no
    • DALLMAN: yes
    • DESANTO: yes
    • DESMIDT: yes
    • DITTRICH: yes
    • DONOVAN: yes
    • DOYLE: yes
    • DUCHOW: yes
    • FITZGERALD: yes
    • FRANKLIN: yes
    • GOEBEN: yes
    • GOODWIN: yes
    • GREEN: yes
    • GUNDRUM: yes
    • GUSTAFSON: yes
    • HAYWOOD: yes
    • HONG: no
    • HURD: yes
    • HYSELL: yes
    • JACOBSON, B: yes
    • JACOBSON, J: yes
    • JOERS: yes
    • KAUFERT: yes
    • KIRSCH: no
    • KITCHENS: yes
    • KNODL: yes
    • KREIBICH: yes
    • KRUG: yes
    • KURTZ: yes
    • MADISON: no
    • MAXEY: yes
    • MAYADEV: yes
    • MCCARVILLE: yes
    • MCGUIRE: yes
    • MELOTIK: yes
    • MIRESSE: yes
    • MOORE OMOKUNDE: yes
    • MOSES: yes
    • MURPHY: yes
    • MURSAU: yes
    • NEDWESKI: yes
    • NEUBAUER: yes
    • NEYLON: yes
    • NOVAK: yes
    • O'CONNOR: yes
    • ORTIZ-VELEZ: yes
    • PALMERI: yes
    • PENTERMAN: yes
    • PETERSEN: yes
    • PHELPS: no
    • PIWOWARCZYK: yes
    • PRONSCHINSKE: yes
    • RIVERA-WAGNER: yes
    • RODRIGUEZ: yes
    • ROE: yes
    • SHEEHAN: yes
    • SINICKI: no
    • SNODGRASS: yes
    • SNYDER: yes
    • SORTWELL: yes
    • SPAUDE: yes
    • SPIROS: yes
    • STEFFEN: yes
    • STROUD: yes
    • STUBBS: yes
    • SUBECK: yes
    • SUMMERFIELD: yes
    • SWEARINGEN: yes
    • TAYLOR: yes
    • TENORIO: yes
    • TITTL: yes
    • TRANEL: yes
    • TUCKER: yes
    • TUSLER: yes
    • UDELL: yes
    • VANDERMEER: yes
    • VINING: yes
    • WICHGERS: yes
    • WITTKE: yes
    • ZIMMERMAN: yes
    • SPEAKER: yes

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Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb501

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