AB 750 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: admission of students to technical college programs.

AB 750 amends state rules for admitting students to technical college programs. It establishes new admission priority rules for in-state residents versus non-residents (Section 38.22(5)(a)) and creates two new options for community college districts (Section 38.22(5)(b)). Districts may now reserve program spaces for students facing hardship or participating in school-to-work programs, or for protective services training like law enforcement, firefighting, or emergency medical services. These changes give colleges flexibility to address specific student needs and workforce preparation goals within existing admission frameworks.

Bill status vetoed 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2026

Assembly Passage

Feb 2026

Senate Passage

Mar 2026

Vetoed

Apr 2026

Introduced Dec 3, 2025 Vetoed Apr 3, 2026

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MINOR

This bill updates the admission rules for Wisconsin technical colleges by adding a specific category for students in protective services programs (such as law enforcement, firefighting, and paramedic training). Unlike previous special circumstance admissions that required board approval, this new category allows colleges to reserve spaces for these students without needing prior approval, provided the students are sponsored by an employer in the district.

Scope change

The bill expands the scope of special circumstance admissions to explicitly include protective services programs and removes the requirement for Board approval for this specific category.

ELIGIBILITY

Added a new eligibility category allowing technical colleges to reserve program spaces for students in protective services programs (law enforcement, paramedic, EMT, firefighting) sponsored by local employers.

REQUIREMENT

Removed the requirement for Board approval when a technical college adopts a policy to reserve spaces for protective services students, streamlining the process compared to other special circumstance admissions.

TECHNICAL

Renumbered existing statute section 38.22(5) to (a) and created a new section 38.22(5)(b) to house the new protective services provision.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 3, 2026

Vetoed

Report vetoed by the Governor on 4-3-2026

lower

Mar 17, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read a third time and concurred in

upper

Mar 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Universities and Technical Colleges, Ayes 3, Noes 2

upper

Feb 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read a third time and passed

lower

Feb 12, 2026

Lower · Passed

Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

lower

Feb 10, 2026

Lower · Passed

Placed on calendar 2-12-2026 by Committee on Rules

lower

Jan 14, 2026

Committee

Referred to committee on Rules

lower

Jan 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 6, Noes 4

lower

Jan 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 6, Noes 4

lower

Dec 17, 2025

Introduced

Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Dittrich

lower

Dec 3, 2025

Introduced

Introduced by Representatives Dittrich, Armstrong, Brill, Donovan, Duchow, Green, Gundrum, B. Jacobson, Kaufert, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Nedweski, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk, Snodgrass, Tittl and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk and Hutton

lower

18 primary · 0 co-sponsors