republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2021/sb-605.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: resident tuition at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges as applied to relocated service members and their children and spouses. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: resident tuition at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges as applied to relocated service members and their children and spouses. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 605"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 605 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Cowles", "Darling", "Kooyenga", "Marklein", "Wirch"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-08T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71020aa0-b1e0-4f54-8d8c-5192ed89bf31"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb605"
source_hash: "c934fbfbf671af016a897de7866a1c26934bca491c6848c2a4149470512386c9"
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 605 (2021) — Relating to: resident tuition at University of Wisconsin System institutions and technical colleges as applied to relocated service members and their children and spouses. (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/2021/REG/SB605)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB605-SA1)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 8, Noes 1 — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 8, Noes 1 — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)
- Kooyenga — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Wirch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Darling, Cowles, Marklein, Wirch and Ballweg; cosponsored by Representatives Edming, Petersen, Doyle, Tauchen, Spiros, Sinicki, L. Myers, Mursau, Milroy, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Wichgers, Moses, Subeck, Tusler, Ohnstad, Murphy and Allen `introduction`
- **2021-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-10-13T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-12-06T06:00:00+00:00** Representative James added as a cosponsor
- **2021-12-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Kooyenga
- **2021-12-15T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2022-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor
- **2022-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2022-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 8, Noes 1 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 8, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Hesselbein added as a cosponsor
- **2022-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-25-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senators Carpenter and L. Taylor added as coauthors
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 by Committee on Rules
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Senate Amendment 1)
- **2022-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-03-03T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-3-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-8-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 159 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-9-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71020aa0-b1e0-4f54-8d8c-5192ed89bf31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).