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State Government / Wisconsin / Legislation / AB 486

AB 486Session 2025HousePassed a vote

Relating to: permissible financial aid reductions in higher education. (FE)

No separate bill overview is currently available from the source.

Latest development · Mar 23, 2026

Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Session
2025
Introduced
Oct 9, 2025
Latest passage
Feb 12, 2026
TopicsSponsorsActionsRelated billsDiscussion

Topics and classification

Civixly topics

Education

Document type

Bill

Sponsors

Primary sponsors are listed before cosponsors and other sponsoring entities.

Primary sponsorBehnke
Primary sponsorMaxey
Primary sponsorMursau
Primary sponsorO'Connor
Primary sponsorSortwell

Action timeline

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View full action timeline25 actions⌄
  1. Mar 23, 2026

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    Amendment FailureSenate
  2. Mar 9, 2026

    Available for scheduling

    Senate
  3. Mar 9, 2026

    Report concurrence by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 2, Noes 3

    Senate
  4. Mar 9, 2026

    Executive action taken

    Senate
  5. Mar 4, 2026

    Public hearing held

    Senate
  6. Feb 16, 2026

    Read first time and referred to committee on Universities and Technical Colleges

    Reading 1Referral CommitteeSenate
  7. Feb 13, 2026

    Received from Assembly

    ReceiptSenate
  8. Feb 12, 2026

    Ordered immediately messaged

    Assembly
  9. Feb 12, 2026

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 53, Noes 45

    PassageReading 3Assembly
  10. Feb 12, 2026

    Rules suspended

    Assembly
  11. Feb 12, 2026

    Ordered to a third reading

    Reading 3Assembly
  12. Feb 12, 2026

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

    Amendment PassagePassageAssembly
  13. Feb 12, 2026

    Read a second time

    Reading 2Assembly
  14. Feb 10, 2026

    Placed on calendar 2-12-2026 by Committee on Rules

    Assembly
  15. Jan 14, 2026

    Referred to committee on Rules

    Referral CommitteeAssembly
  16. Jan 14, 2026

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 6, Noes 4

    Committee Passage FavorableAssembly
  17. Jan 14, 2026

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 6, Noes 4

    Committee Passage FavorableAssembly
  18. Jan 8, 2026

    Executive action taken

    Assembly
  19. Jan 7, 2026

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

    Amendment IntroductionAssembly
  20. Dec 17, 2025

    Senator Jacque added as a cosponsor

    Assembly
  21. Dec 10, 2025

    Public hearing held

    Assembly
  22. Oct 16, 2025

    Fiscal estimate received

    ReceiptAssembly
  23. Oct 14, 2025

    Fiscal estimate received

    ReceiptAssembly
  24. Oct 9, 2025

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities

    Reading 1Referral CommitteeAssembly
  25. Oct 9, 2025

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Behnke, Maxey, Mursau and O'Connor

    IntroductionAssembly

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Source data last updated Jul 9, 2026.