Wisconsin Senate Bill 228 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: Failed on April 13 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-13 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to repeal 39.41 (1m) (a) 2., 39.41 (1m) (a) 3., 39.41 (1m) (a) 4., 39.41 (1m) (a) 6., 39.41 (1m) (h) and 39.41 (1m) (i); to renumber and amend 39.41 (1m) (d) and 39.41 (1m) (e); to amend 39.41 (1m) (a) 1., 39.41 (1m) (a) 5., 39.41 (1m) (b), 39.41 (1m) (c) 3., 39.41 (1m) (c) 4., 39.41 (1m) (g), 39.41 (1m) (j), 39.41 (2) (a), 39.41 (2) (b), 39.41 (2) (c), 39.41 (3) (a) and 39.41 (3) (b); and to create 39.41 (3m), 71.07 (5p) and 71.10 (4) (cs) of the statutes; Relating to: the amount of an academic excellence higher education scholarship, the number of those scholarships that may be awarded in an academic year, the eligibility criteria for those scholarships, and creating an individual income tax credit for certain academic scholarship recipients. (FE)

The amount of an academic excellence higher education scholarship, the number of those scholarships that may be awarded in an academic year, the eligibility criteria for those scholarships, and creating an individual income tax credit for certain academic scholarship recipients. (FE)

Sen. Duey Stroebel [R]	Sen. Mark Miller [D]	Sen. Van Wanggaard [R]	Sen. Dan Knodl [R]
Rep. Jesse Kremer [R]	Rep. Joel Kitchens [R]	Rep. Bob Gannon [R]	Rep. John Murtha [R]
Rep. Robert Brooks [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-13	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2016-02-01	Senate	Available for scheduling
2016-02-01	Senate	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 4, Noes 1
2016-02-01	Senate	Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0
2016-02-01	Senate	Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0
2016-01-28	Senate	Executive action taken
2016-01-25	Senate	Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Harsdorf
2016-01-11	Senate	Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senators Stroebel and Miller
2015-10-13	Senate	Senator Wanggaard withdrawn as a coauthor
2015-10-07	Senate	Public hearing held
2015-09-08	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2015-08-20	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2015-08-20	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2015-08-11	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges
2015-08-11	Senate	Introduced

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb228
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2015/REG/SB228.pdf