---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: transferring academic credits from military transcripts to University of Wisconsin System schools and technical colleges. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: transferring academic credits from military transcripts to University of Wisconsin System schools and technical colleges. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 205"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 205 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernier", "Bewley", "Kooyenga", "Marklein", "Smith", "Testin", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afeae817-1070-4043-b759-f9a730354518"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb205"
source_hash: "79a58e746aae229be5196ae15621bcf4a39b7bb552fd1d1fd1bca775e37d4463"
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 205 (2019) — Relating to: transferring academic credits from military transcripts to University of Wisconsin System schools and technical colleges. (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/SB205)

## Votes

- SHALL THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR STAND — **62–35** (pass) · lower
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernier — primary (person)
- Bewley — primary (person)
- Kooyenga — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Marklein, Testin, Wanggaard, Bewley, Smith and Bernier; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Sanfelippo, Kulp, Spiros, Skowronski, Kuglitsch, Ballweg, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, Brandtjen, Dittrich, Sinicki, Horlacher, Wichgers and VanderMeer `introduction`
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-09-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-10-15T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **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** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **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
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Wittke added as a cosponsor
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 11:31 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Swearingen `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Shankland `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Point of order that Assembly Amendment 2 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Decision of the Chair appealed
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 62, Noes 35
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 147 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-4-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afeae817-1070-4043-b759-f9a730354518`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).