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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 640: Relating to: tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college, or a private nonprofit institution of higher education; and the University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption for certain veterans. (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

SB 640 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on November 14, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: tuition and fee remission or grants for certain veterans and their dependents enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System, a technical college, or a private nonprofit institution of higher education; and the University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption for certain veterans. (FE). Primary sponsor: Eric Wimberger (Republican). It lists 20 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 3 · Republican 18

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Eric WimbergerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Elijah BehnkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Jill BillingsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse95
Rob BrooksCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Bob DonovanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Ben FranklinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Joel KitchensCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse1
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Tony KurtzCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Paul MelotikCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Dave MurphyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse56
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
David SteffenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Randy UdellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse47
Chuck WichgersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse84

“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 J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  3. Available for scheduling
  4. Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 4, Noes 1
  5. Executive action taken
  6. Public hearing held
  7. Fiscal estimate received
  8. Fiscal estimate received
  9. Representatives Subeck and Ortiz-Velez added as cosponsors
  10. Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor
  11. Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges
  12. Introduced by Senator Wimberger; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Franklin, Kurtz, Steffen, Behnke, Billings, Brooks, Dittrich, Donovan, Joers, Knodl, Kreibich, Melotik, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Udell and Wichgers

Sources

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