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Bills from the 2011–12 session

Assembly Bill 612

Experience requirements for real estate brokers and granting rule-making authority

Topics: Apprenticeship, Attorney, Interstate relations, Real property: Agent

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Mar 15, 2012, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 22, 2012

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Mar 15, 2012

  4. Senate vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to concur in pursuant to ⁠”

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, the Real Estate Examining Board (board) issues licenses for real estate brokers and real estate salespersons. Generally, the board may not grant a broker's license to an applicant who does not already hold a salesperson's license or who has not passed the examination for licensure as a salesperson in addition to passing the broker's examination.

This bill establishes the requirement that an applicant for a broker's license must submit evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant has practiced as a salesperson under the direct supervision of a licensed broker for at least two years within the last four years preceding the date of the applicant's application for the broker's license. Any time spent as an apprentice may not be applied to satisfy that requirement. If the applicant is an attorney licensed to practice law in Wisconsin, the applicant may satisfy that requirement by demonstrating to the board's satisfaction that the applicant has real estate-related experience. If the applicant is a nonresident, the applicant may satisfy that requirement by demonstrating to the board's satisfaction that the applicant has been licensed as a real estate broker under the laws of another state for at least two of the last four years preceding the person's application for a broker's license in Wisconsin.

Who's behind it

6 lawmakers are its ⁠. 5 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 8 names

Authors (6)

Signed on in support (2)

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 2 votes on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Housing vote on an amendment

Passed, 8 to 0 · Mar 9, 2012

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Housing, Ayes 8, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 82 to 0 · Mar 15, 2012 · 17 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, I: Independent, R: Republican

Yes (82)

Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 82, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2012

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 19, 2012

    The Senate received it.

  3. Mar 15, 2012

    The Assembly passed it, 82 to 0.

  4. Mar 15, 2012

    The Assembly adopted it.

  5. Mar 9, 2012

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  6. Mar 9, 2012

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 8 to 0.

  7. Mar 5, 2012

    The committee held a public hearing.

  8. Feb 22, 2012

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Housing.

  9. Feb 22, 2012

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 22, 2012 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Rivard, Ballweg, Doyle, Endsley, Kerkman and Marklein;Cosponsored by Senators Schultz and Darling

  2. Feb 22, 2012 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Housing

  3. Mar 5, 2012 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Mar 6, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representative Rivard

  5. Mar 7, 2012 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Mar 9, 2012 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Housing, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  7. Mar 9, 2012 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Housing, Ayes 8, Noes 0

  8. Mar 9, 2012 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:01 P.M. on 3-15-2012 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 25

  10. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  11. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 adopted

  12. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  13. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  14. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 82, Noes 0

  15. Mar 15, 2012 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Mar 19, 2012 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  17. Mar 23, 2012 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

More in the glossary

Senate Joint Resolution 1

The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.

Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1

More in the glossary

Legislative Reference Bureau

The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.

Official term: LRB analysis

More in the glossary

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

More in the glossary

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor

More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary