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SB501 • 2025
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
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
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Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 177
Published 4-3-2026
Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor
Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
Report correctly enrolled
Received from Assembly concurred in
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
Referred to committee on Rules
Made a special order of business at 11:24 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
Received from 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
Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
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
Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara
Representative Tucker added as a cosponsor
Representative DeSanto added as a cosponsor
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0
Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions requested
Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor
Representative Udell added as a cosponsor
Executive action taken
Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges , Ayes 5, Noes 0
Available for scheduling
Public hearing held
Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor
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
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 Status: S - Enacted into law