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SB501Introduced in the Senate

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.

Passed

Introduced by Rachael Cabral-Guevara, District 19

What does this bill do?

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Official description

An Act to create 39.389 and 71.05 (6) (b) 58. of the statutes; 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.

Where it stands

Published 4-3-2026

April 6, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

Assembly votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

AssemblyStage: Assembly: Read a third time and concurred in · February 19, 2026

89

Yes

7

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

99 assemblymembers recorded in this Assembly vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each assemblymember voted

AssemblymemberDistrictVote
Joel Kitchens1Yes
Shae Sortwell2Yes
Ron Tusler3Yes
David Steffen4Yes
Joy Goeben5Yes
Elijah Behnke6Yes
Karen Kirsch7No
Sylvia Ortiz-Velez8Yes
Pricilla Prado9Not Voting
Darrin Madison10No

Bill history

  1. Introduced

  2. Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges

  3. Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor

  4. Public hearing held

  5. Executive action taken

  6. Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Available for scheduling

  8. Representative Udell added as a cosponsor

  9. Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor

  10. Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions requested

  11. Representative DeSanto added as a cosponsor

  12. Report of Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions received, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  13. Representative Tucker added as a cosponsor

  14. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cabral-Guevara

  15. Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  16. Executive action taken

  17. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  18. Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  19. Available for scheduling

  20. Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  21. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  22. Read a second time

  23. Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  24. Ordered to a third reading

  25. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  26. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 1

  27. Senators Carpenter, Spreitzer and Smith added as coauthors

  28. Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Received from Senate

  30. Referred to committee on Rules

  31. Made a special order of business at 11:24 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  32. Read a second time

  33. Ordered to a third reading

  34. Rules suspended

  35. Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 89, Noes 7

  36. Ordered immediately messaged

  37. Received from Assembly concurred in

  38. Report correctly enrolled

  39. Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

  40. Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor

  41. Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  42. Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026

  43. Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 177

  44. Published 4-3-2026

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