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IntroducedOct 02, 2025
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Passed SenateFeb 11, 2026
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Passed AssemblyFeb 19, 2026
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Became Law
Wisconsin Senate Bill
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.
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 24, 2026: Report correctly enrolled
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Summary
Comments on SB 501
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Sponsors



- Pfaffprimary
Votes
YES: 89
- ALLEN
- ANDERSON
- ANDRACA
- ARMSTRONG
- ARNEY
- AUGUST
- BARE
- BEHNKE
- BILLINGS
- BORN
- BRILL
- BROOKS
- BROWN
- CALLAHAN
- DALLMAN
- DESANTO
- DESMIDT
- DITTRICH
- DONOVAN
- DOYLE
- DUCHOW
- FITZGERALD
- FRANKLIN
- GOEBEN
- GOODWIN
- GREEN
- GUNDRUM
- GUSTAFSON
- HAYWOOD
- HURD
- HYSELL
- JACOBSON, B
- JACOBSON, J
- JOERS
- KAUFERT
- KITCHENS
- KNODL
- KREIBICH
- KRUG
- KURTZ
- MAXEY
- MAYADEV
- MCCARVILLE
- MCGUIRE
- MELOTIK
- MIRESSE
- MOORE OMOKUNDE
- MOSES
- MURPHY
- MURSAU
- NEDWESKI
- NEUBAUER
- NEYLON
- NOVAK
- O'CONNOR
- ORTIZ-VELEZ
- PALMERI
- PENTERMAN
- PETERSEN
- PIWOWARCZYK
- PRONSCHINSKE
- RIVERA-WAGNER
- RODRIGUEZ
- ROE
- SHEEHAN
- SNODGRASS
- SNYDER
- SORTWELL
- SPAUDE
- SPIROS
- STEFFEN
- STROUD
- STUBBS
- SUBECK
- SUMMERFIELD
- SWEARINGEN
- TAYLOR
- TENORIO
- TITTL
- TRANEL
- TUCKER
- TUSLER
- UDELL
- VANDERMEER
- VINING
- WICHGERS
- WITTKE
- ZIMMERMAN
- SPEAKER
Actions
- Feb 24, 2026 | Senate
- Report correctly enrolled
- Feb 23, 2026 | Senate
- Received from Assembly concurred in
- Feb 19, 2026 | Assembly
- Read a second time
- Ordered to a third reading
- Rules suspended
- Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 89, Noes 7
- Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 18, 2026 | Assembly
- Referred to committee on Rules
- Made a special order of business at 11:24 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
- Feb 12, 2026 | Assembly
- Received from Senate
- Feb 11, 2026 | Senate
- Read a second time
- Senate Amendment 1 adopted
- Ordered to a third reading
- Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 1
- Senators Carpenter, Spreitzer and Smith added as coauthors
- Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 09, 2026 | Senate
- Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Feb 03, 2026 | Senate
- Executive action taken
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- Available for scheduling
- Jan 29, 2026 | Senate
- Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- Jan 26, 2026 | Senate
- Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara
- Jan 22, 2026 | Senate
- Representative Tucker added as a cosponsor
- Jan 12, 2026 | Senate
- Representative DeSanto added as a cosponsor
- Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Jan 06, 2026 | Senate
- Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions requested
- Dec 15, 2025 | Senate
- Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor
- Nov 14, 2025 | Senate
- Representative Udell added as a cosponsor
- Oct 24, 2025 | Senate
- Executive action taken
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Available for scheduling
- Oct 15, 2025 | Senate
- Public hearing held
- Oct 13, 2025 | Senate
- Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor
- Oct 02, 2025 | Senate
- 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
- Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges
Documents
- Amendment Histories
- LC Amendment Memo
- SB501: Report of the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions
- SB501 ROCP for Joint Committee on Finance On 2/3/2026
- SB501 ROCP for Joint Committee on Finance On 2/3/2026
- SB501 ROCP for Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges On 10/24/2025
- SB501 ROCP for Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges On 10/24/2025
- LC Hearing Materials for SB501 on 10/15/2025
- Wisconsin Ethics Commission information
- 2025 Assembly Bill 505
