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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 1079: Relating to: creating an undergraduate assistance grant program for students enrolled in private nonprofit postsecondary institutions and making an appropriation. (FE)

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1079 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on February 26, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: creating an undergraduate assistance grant program for students enrolled in private nonprofit postsecondary institutions and making an appropriation. (FE). Primary sponsor: Dave Maxey (Republican), Dave Murphy (Republican), Dan Knodl (Republican), Rob Kreibich (Republican), Jerry O'Connor (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Dave MaxeyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse83
Dave MurphyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Dan KnodlPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Jerry O'ConnorPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Rob HuttonCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate5

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Senator Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
  3. Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities
  4. Introduced by Representatives Maxey, Murphy, Knodl, Kreibich and O'Connor; cosponsored by Senator Hutton

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source