---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: the Minnesota-Wisconsin tuition reciprocity agreement and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: the Minnesota-Wisconsin tuition reciprocity agreement and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 161"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 161 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Cowles", "James", "L. Johnson", "Larson", "Marklein", "Pfaff", "Roys", "Smith", "Spreitzer", "Stafsholt"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8991fd66-4b8c-41e2-96cf-af403df3a482"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb161"
source_hash: "3e3b42c7606fe3ead3ef11ec174fa8a5305196f5f320b10c53edce7b0ba8ff8a"
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 161 (2023) — Relating to: the Minnesota-Wisconsin tuition reciprocity agreement and making an appropriation. (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/SB161)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB161-SA1)
3. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB161-SA2)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- James — primary (person)
- L. Johnson — primary (person)
- Larson — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Pfaff — primary (person)
- Roys — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Stafsholt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Stafsholt, Ballweg, Cowles, James, L. Johnson, Larson, Marklein, Pfaff, Roys, Smith and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Zimmerman, Behnke, Brooks, Dallman, Edming, Green, Magnafici, Mursau, Oldenburg, Summerfield, Wichgers, Wittke and Rozar `introduction`
- **2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Revenue `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-04-18T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Moses added as a cosponsor
- **2023-08-09T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Petryk added as a cosponsor
- **2023-08-23T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-09-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-09-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-07T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-09-08T05:00:00+00:00** Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
- **2023-09-15T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-02T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Stafsholt
- **2024-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Stafsholt
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 10:06 AM on 2-22-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 28
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)
- **2024-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2024 by directive of the Majority Leader `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-6-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 104 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-7-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8991fd66-4b8c-41e2-96cf-af403df3a482`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).