---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the award of Wisconsin Merit scholarships to University of Wisconsin System students. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: the award of Wisconsin Merit scholarships to University of Wisconsin System students. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 67"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 67 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Armstrong", "August", "Brooks", "Dittrich", "Duchow", "Goeben", "Green", "Gundrum", "Kitchens", "Moses", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Nedweski", "O'Connor", "Penterman", "Plumer", "Rettinger", "Sinicki", "Spiros", "Tittl"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-06T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30187915-fc09-47cb-8f34-2d1a43a9ceea"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab67"
source_hash: "f1689f5dae26756da004c1b7d9021f57f8065066fd4afdac09449ed27c6dbac7"
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 67 (2023) — Relating to: the award of Wisconsin Merit scholarships to University of Wisconsin System students. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB67)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s.16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Armstrong — primary (person)
- August — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Goeben — primary (person)
- Green — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Moses — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Nedweski — primary (person)
- O'Connor — primary (person)
- Penterman — primary (person)
- Plumer — primary (person)
- Rettinger — primary (person)
- Sinicki — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Tittl — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Green, August, Armstrong, Brooks, Dittrich, Duchow, Goeben, Gundrum, Kitchens, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Penterman, Plumer, Rettinger, Sinicki, Spiros and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Nass, Marklein, Cowles and Taylor `introduction`
- **2023-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on State Affairs and referred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
- **2023-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage, with emergency statement attached, pursuant to s.16.47 (2), Wisconsin Statutes, recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-14-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Knodl added as a coauthor
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2023-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2023-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-22-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 31, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-03-24T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-24-2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-3-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-5-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 2 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-6-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30187915-fc09-47cb-8f34-2d1a43a9ceea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).