---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: funding related to a Minnesota-Wisconsin student reciprocity agreement and making an appropriation."
description: "Relating to: funding related to a Minnesota-Wisconsin student reciprocity agreement and making an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 896"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 896 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stafsholt"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9e072e8-832a-4de7-a220-fa6b4e61ee43"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb896"
source_hash: "1960446106f294d1fffd6b5ad6372fadb36c91ffc385b7960102b31c1eecfa29"
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 896 (2023) — Relating to: funding related to a Minnesota-Wisconsin student reciprocity agreement and making an appropriation.

## 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/SB896)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB896-SA1)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **31–1** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Stafsholt — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senator Stafsholt; cosponsored by Representative Zimmerman `introduction`
- **2024-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Joint Committee on Finance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 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 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** Placed at the foot of the calendar of 2-20-2024
- **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** 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 31, Noes 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **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 10:38 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, Ayes 97, Noes 0 `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** 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 103 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-7-2024 `became-law`
- **2024-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9e072e8-832a-4de7-a220-fa6b4e61ee43`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).