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2025 Wisconsin Act 155 (2025 Assembly Bill 659) Cut the Wisconsin GI Bill residency periods from five years to three

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Expands benefits Cuts the residency periods for the Wisconsin GI Bill remissions and grant from five years to three.

Amended Wis. Stat. 36.27(3n) and (3p), 38.24(7) and (8) and 39.49(2) so that each five consecutive year residency alternative in the veteran and dependent remissions and the private college grant is three years, first applying to the first semester or session beginning after April 4, 2026. Enacted April 2, 2026.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, Assembly
  2. In committee Done, Assembly Colleges and Universities, then Joint Committee on Finance
  3. Passed one chamber Done, Assembly
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Senate
  5. Signed by the governor Done,
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Joel KitchensSponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 1
  • Benjamin FranklinCo-sponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 88
  • Tony KurtzCo-sponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 41
  • David SteffenCo-sponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 4
  • Elijah R. BehnkeCo-sponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 6
  • Jill BillingsCo-sponsor, Democratic, Assembly, District 95
  • Robert BrooksCo-sponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 59
  • Barbara DittrichCo-sponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 99
  • Bob G. DonovanCo-sponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 61
  • Alex R. JoersCo-sponsor, Democratic, Assembly, District 81
  • Daniel KnodlCo-sponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 24
  • Rob KreibichCo-sponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 28
  • Paul MelotikCo-sponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 22
  • David MurphyCo-sponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 56
  • Jeffrey MursauCo-sponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 36
  • Todd NovakCo-sponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 51
  • Jerry L. O'ConnorCo-sponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 60
  • Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 98
  • Randy UdellCo-sponsor, Democratic, Assembly, District 47
  • Chuck WichgersCo-sponsor, Republican, Assembly, District 84
  • Lori A. PalmeriCo-sponsor, Democratic, Assembly, District 54
  • Eric WimbergerCo-sponsor, Republican, Senate, District 2
  • Lisa SubeckCo-sponsor, Democratic, Assembly, District 79
  • Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsor, Democratic, Assembly, District 8
  • Jenna JacobsonCo-sponsor, Democratic, Assembly, District 50
  • Dianne H. HesselbeinCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 27
  • Jeff SmithCo-sponsor, Democratic, Senate, District 31

What it touches

  • Wis. Stat. § 36.27(3n)
  • Wis. Stat. § 36.27(3p)
  • Wis. Stat. § 38.24

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Official record

Read 2025 Wisconsin Act 155 (2025 Assembly Bill 659) on the jurisdiction's own record