---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: veteran-related tuition grants for certain veterans and dependents enrolled in private nonprofit institutions of higher education and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: veteran-related tuition grants for certain veterans and dependents enrolled in private nonprofit institutions of higher education and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 537"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 537 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bewley", "Darling", "Feyen", "Kooyenga", "Olsen", "Roth", "Tiffany", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-10-31T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/875d224d-31fd-4bfc-bb5f-38e7158a4d27"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb537"
source_hash: "186ac5844a254b10a7faa18940ceb4722b6aec0efa0b04dcfa7eaa94485097af"
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 537 (2019) — Relating to: veteran-related tuition grants for certain veterans and dependents enrolled in private nonprofit institutions of higher education 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](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/SB537)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB537-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bewley — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Kooyenga — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Roth — primary (person)
- Tiffany — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Darling, Kooyenga, Tiffany, Roth, Bewley, Feyen, Olsen and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Kurtz, Dittrich, Horlacher, Krug, Kulp, Murphy, Mursau, Tusler, VanderMeer, Zimmerman and Thiesfeldt `introduction`
- **2019-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-11-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Darling `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-12-04T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2020-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Universities, Technical Colleges, Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- **2020-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Wittke added as a cosponsor
- **2020-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Joint Committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Nass added as a coauthor
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **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, Ayes 99, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Skowronski and Spreitzer added as cosponsors
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **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 149 `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/875d224d-31fd-4bfc-bb5f-38e7158a4d27`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).