---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the minority teacher loan program. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: the minority teacher loan program. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 51"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 51 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brostoff", "C. Taylor", "Edming", "Fields", "Loudenbeck", "Myers", "Ramthun", "Rohrkaste", "Skowronski", "Steffen", "Subeck", "Thiesfeldt", "Vruwink", "Zimmerman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-02-28T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb9941e3-8e24-41df-a0b2-6aa416b2881c"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab51"
source_hash: "132df25b9a06892aae361faaafd06ebc00e11a57bfc6e6cf2e703b131e3b3ad7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin AB 51 (2019) — Relating to: the minority teacher loan program. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB51-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB51)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brostoff — primary (person)
- C. Taylor — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Fields — primary (person)
- Loudenbeck — primary (person)
- Myers — primary (person)
- Ramthun — primary (person)
- Rohrkaste — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Thiesfeldt — primary (person)
- Vruwink — primary (person)
- Zimmerman — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Loudenbeck, Fields, Edming, Myers, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Skowronski, Steffen, Subeck, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt, Vruwink, Zimmerman and Brostoff; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, L. Taylor and Darling `introduction`
- **2019-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Loudenbeck and Fields `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-03-13T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Duchow added as a coauthor
- **2019-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 13, Noes 0
- **2019-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 13, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-18-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Ohnstad and Neubauer added as coauthors
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2019-06-19T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Bewley `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-27T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-08-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-08-29T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Miller added as a cosponsor
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2019-10-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 10-11-2019
- **2019-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-15-2019 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-21T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-21-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 35 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-21T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-22-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb9941e3-8e24-41df-a0b2-6aa416b2881c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).