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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 505: 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.

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 505 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on October 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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. Primary sponsor: Joel Kitchens (Republican), Travis Tranel (Republican), Rob Kreibich (Republican), Paul Melotik (Republican), Vinnie Miresse (Democratic), Jeff Mursau (Republican), Todd Novak (Republican), Jerry O'Connor (Republican), Jim Piwowarczyk (Republican), Amaad Rivera-Wagner (Democratic), Joe Sheehan (Democratic), David Steffen (Republican), Angela Stroud (Democratic). It lists 5 additional sponsors. 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): Democratic 6 · Republican 12

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Joel KitchensPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Travis TranelPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse49
Rob KreibichPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Paul MelotikPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Vinnie MiressePrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Jeff MursauPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Todd NovakPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jerry O'ConnorPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Jim PiwowarczykPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Amaad Rivera-WagnerPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Joe SheehanPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse26
David SteffenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Angela StroudPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Rachael Cabral-GuevaraCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Sarah KeyeskiCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Howard MarkleinCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate17
Brad PfaffCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate32
Rob StafsholtCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate10

“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. Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
  3. Representative Penterman added as a coauthor
  4. Representative Brown added as a coauthor
  5. Laid on the table
  6. Made a special order of business at 11:24 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
  7. Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
  8. Referred to committee on Rules
  9. Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
  10. Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0
  11. Executive action taken by joint committee on Finance
  12. Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 24 (3)(a)

Showing 12 most recent of 26 actions. Full history

Sources

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