---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: eligibility for physician, dentist, and health care provider educational loan assistance programs. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: eligibility for physician, dentist, and health care provider educational loan assistance programs. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 166"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 166 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bewley", "Carpenter", "Cowles", "Darling"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b717d1d-3711-4058-9198-b62002075fcc"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb166"
source_hash: "aad007fd16082892fe7276165bfd19e9cdd16002f2a6e895bbe5e67138e5e1f0"
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 SB 166 (2019) — Relating to: eligibility for physician, dentist, and health care provider educational loan assistance programs. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/SB166)
2. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB166-SA2)
3. **Senate Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB166-SA3)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 6, Noes 1 — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Senate Amendment 3 adopted, Ayes 19, Noes 14 — **19–14** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bewley — primary (person)
- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Darling, Bewley, Carpenter and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Felzkowski, Riemer, Thiesfeldt, Bowen, Duchow, Horlacher, Kolste, Kulp, Loudenbeck, Murphy, Mursau, Myers, Rohrkaste, Skowronski, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, C. Taylor, Tusler, VanderMeer and Vining `introduction`
- **2019-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-02T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Darling `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-08-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-30T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-09-30T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 6, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-30T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Edming added as a cosponsor
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 3 offered by Senator Darling `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 3 adopted, Ayes 19, Noes 14 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to calendar of 11-7-2019 pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (1)(a)
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative C. Taylor withdrawn as a cosponsor
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Bowen withdrawn as a cosponsor
- **2019-11-18T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2019-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-19-2019 by directive of the President, pursuant to Senate Rule 44m (3) `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-26T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-25-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 58 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-26T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-26-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b717d1d-3711-4058-9198-b62002075fcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).