Wisconsin House Bill 591

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-1)
Status: Failed on March 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to repeal 36.27 (3n) (bm) 2., 36.27 (3p) (bm) 2., 38.24 (7) (bm) 2., 38.24 (8) (bm) 2. and 39.50 (3m); to renumber 36.27 (3n) (bm) 1., 38.24 (7) (bm) 1. and 38.24 (8) (bm) 1.; to amend 20.235 (1) (fz), 36.27 (3n) (c), 36.27 (3p) (c), 38.24 (7) (c), 38.24 (8) (c), 39.50 (1), 39.50 (2) and 39.50 (4) of the statutes; Relating to: remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an appropriation. (FE)

Remission of fees for veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or in a technical college and making an appropriation. (FE)

Rep. Jill Billings [D]	Rep. Christine Sinicki [D]	Rep. Lori Palmeri [D]	Rep. Sylvia Ortiz-Velez [D]
Rep. Ben DeSmidt [D]	Rep. Angelito Tenorio [D]	Rep. Margaret Arney [D]	Rep. Vinnie Miresse [D]
Rep. Amaad Rivera-Wagner [D]	Rep. Russell Goodwin [D]	Rep. Lisa Subeck [D]	Rep. Shelia Stubbs [D]
Rep. Alex Joers [D]	Rep. Joan Fitzgerald [D]	Rep. Ann Roe [D]	Rep. Joe Sheehan [D]
Rep. Mike Bare [D]	Rep. Lee Snodgrass [D]	Rep. Angela Stroud [D]	Rep. Tara Johnson [D]
Rep. Deb Andraca [D]	Rep. Duke Tucker [R]	Sen. Kristin Dassler-Alfheim [D]	Sen. Brad Pfaff [D]
Sen. Kelda Roys [D]	Sen. Melissa Ratcliff [D]	Sen. Mark Spreitzer [D]	Sen. Robert Wirch [D]
Sen. Dianne Hesselbein [D]	Sen. Jeff Smith [D]	Sen. Timothy Carpenter [D]	Sen. Jodi Habush Sinykin [D]
Sen. Sarah Keyeski [D]	Sen. Christopher Larson [D]	Sen. Dora Drake [D]	Sen. LaTonya Johnson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	House	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2026-03-20	House	Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
2025-11-11	House	Fiscal estimate received
2025-11-11	House	Fiscal estimate received
2025-11-10	House	Representative Anderson added as a coauthor
2025-11-07	House	Fiscal estimate received
2025-10-24	House	Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities
2025-10-24	House	Introduced

SB587 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab591
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB591.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/ab591/ab591_heab.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/ab591/ab591_uws.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/ab591/ab591_wtcs.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/assembly/colleges_and_universities/1988640.pdf