2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Senate bill

SB 1176

Relating to: a University of Wisconsin System nonresident tuition exemption. (FE)

In committee Last action April 24, 2026: Fiscal estimate received

Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov

Sponsors 7

Prime sponsors

Carpenter, Hesselbein, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Spreitzer

Status

In committee as of April 24, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Senate Universities and Technical Colleges (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 5

Date	Chamber	Action
April 24, 2026	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
March 30, 2026	Senate	Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor
March 23, 2026	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
March 19, 2026	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges
March 19, 2026	Senate	Introduced by Senators Smith, Ratcliff, Larson, Carpenter, Roys, Spreitzer and Hesselbein; cosponsored by Representatives Emerson, Anderson, Rivera-Wagner, Sinicki, Roe, Brown, Sheehan, McCarville, Phelps, Cruz, Udell, Stubbs, Stroud, Prado and Clancy

Data: Open States (bulk data, October 1, 2026 monthly extract, which has no roll-call tallies; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.