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

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Did WI SB 501 pass?

Yes. WI SB 501 has been enacted into law. 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, joined by 13 cosponsors.

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

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-04-06
Published 4-3-2026
became-law
2026-04-06
Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 177
executive-signature
2026-04-02
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
executive-receipt
2026-03-19
Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
2026-03-19
Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor
2026-03-06
Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
2026-02-24
Report correctly enrolled
enrolled
2026-02-23
Received from Assembly concurred in
receipt
2026-02-19
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-19
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 89, Noes 7
passage,reading-3
2026-02-19
Rules suspended
2026-02-19
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-19
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-18
Made a special order of business at 11:24 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
2026-02-18
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2026-02-12
Received from Senate
receipt
2026-02-11
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-11
Senators Carpenter, Spreitzer and Smith added as coauthors
2026-02-11
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 1
passage,reading-3
2026-02-11
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-02-11
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-11
Senate Amendment 1 adopted
amendment-passage
2026-02-11
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-09
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
2026-02-09
Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-02-03
Available for scheduling
2026-02-03
Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2026-02-03
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
amendment-passage
2026-02-03
Executive action taken
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
2026-01-26
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara
amendment-introduction
2026-01-22
Representative Tucker added as a cosponsor
2026-01-12
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0
receipt
2026-01-12
Representative DeSanto added as a cosponsor
2026-01-06
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions requested
2025-12-15
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor
2025-11-14
Representative Udell added as a cosponsor
2025-10-24
Available for scheduling
2025-10-24
Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-10-24
Executive action taken
2025-10-15
Public hearing held
2025-10-13
Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor
2025-10-02
Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges
reading-1,referral-committee
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

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

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