---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: Wisconsin grants and other financial aid for higher education. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: Wisconsin grants and other financial aid for higher education. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 380"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 380 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Cabral-Guevara", "Feyen", "Roys", "Smith", "Spreitzer", "Tomczyk"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 37
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-08-09T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ece3d06c-6f91-42c3-9641-8860595d3c83"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb380"
source_hash: "85b81f1eb075a1235690bc320c50f757f12de249bd29d409d33c23cdfefb0a0d"
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 380 (2023) — Relating to: Wisconsin grants and other financial aid for higher education. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/SB380-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/SB380)

## Votes

- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Universities and Revenue, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Cabral-Guevara — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Roys — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Tomczyk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-09T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, Smith, Spreitzer, Tomczyk and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Murphy, Andraca, Armstrong, Baldeh, Edming, Goeben, Gundrum, Jacobson, Joers, Mursau, O'Connor and Stubbs `introduction`
- **2023-08-09T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Revenue `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-23T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-08-23T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-08-23T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **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
- **2023-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2023-09-12T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 9-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-09-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2023-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Murphy
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-9-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Gustafson added as a cosponsor
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 97, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage, receipt`
- **2023-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 concurred in
- **2023-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Action ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-11-16T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2023-11-16T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-11-30T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 80 `executive-signature`
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-7-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ece3d06c-6f91-42c3-9641-8860595d3c83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).