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Bills · 2011-2012 Regular Session

SB 338

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waiving fees for certain professional and occupational licenses issued to veterans.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, many state agencies and boards (licensing agencies)

regulate certain professions and occupations by issuing licenses, permits, or other

credentials (licenses). This bill requires that the Department of Veterans Affairs

(DVA) establish and maintain a program under which licensing agencies grant fee

waivers to certain qualified veterans when they issue initial licenses to these

veterans. In order to be qualified for this waiver, the veteran has to be a resident and

have been honorably discharged from the U.S. armed forces. A qualified veteran may

receive the fee waiver only if he or she has not previously received a fee waiver for

any type of license. The fee waiver applies only to professional or occupational

licenses that are issued to individuals and not to licenses issued to businesses or

other entities.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Galloway (R) , Lasee (R) , Lassa (D) , S. Coggs (D) , Schultz (R) , T. Cullen (D)

16 cosponsors

Berceau (D) , Bewley (D) , Brooks (R) , Carpenter (D) , Jacque (R) , Kaufert (R) , Knilans (R) , Krug (R) , Leibham (R) , Marklein (R) , Petryk (R) , Pridemore (R) , Spanbauer (R) , Tranel (R) , Wynn (R) , Young and Bernier

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 0

Passed 7–0 Jan 11, 2012 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0

Passed 32–0 Jan 17, 2012 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Assembly: Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 93, Noes 1

Passed 93–1 Feb 21, 2012 official source full page

Aye · 93

Nay · 1

Assembly: Assembly amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 61, Noes 33

Passed 61–33 Feb 21, 2012 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Dec 15, 2011 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Galloway, Lassa, T. Cullen, Schultz, S. Coggs and Lasee;Cosponsored by Representatives Wynn, Petryk, Spanbauer, Jacque, Tranel, Knilans, Berceau, Kaufert, Brooks, Marklein, Pridemore, Krug and Bewley

  2. Dec 15, 2011 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. Dec 27, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Dec 28, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Dec 30, 2011 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Jan 4, 2012 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  7. Jan 4, 2012 · Senate

    Senator Leibham added as a coauthor

  8. Jan 4, 2012 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  9. Jan 10, 2012 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  10. Jan 10, 2012 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  11. Jan 10, 2012 · Senate

    Senate amendment 1 offered by Senator Galloway

  12. Jan 10, 2012 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  13. Jan 11, 2012 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  14. Jan 11, 2012 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Economic Development and Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 7, Noes 0

  15. Jan 11, 2012 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  16. Jan 12, 2012 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e).

  17. Jan 12, 2012 · Senate

    Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e).

  18. Jan 12, 2012 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-17-2012 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  19. Jan 13, 2012 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  20. Jan 13, 2012 · Senate

    Senate amendment 2 offered by Senator Galloway

  21. Jan 17, 2012 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor

  22. Jan 17, 2012 · Senate

    Read a second time

  23. Jan 17, 2012 · Senate

    Senate amendment 1 adopted

  24. Jan 17, 2012 · Senate

    Senate amendment 2 adopted

  25. Jan 17, 2012 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Jan 17, 2012 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  27. Jan 17, 2012 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0

  28. Jan 17, 2012 · Senate

    LRB correction

  29. Jan 24, 2012 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Jan 25, 2012 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  31. Jan 27, 2012 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  32. Feb 13, 2012 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  33. Feb 16, 2012 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-21-2012 by committee on Rules

  34. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  35. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  36. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 offered by Representatives Wynn and Kooyenga

  37. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 1 adopted

  38. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 offered by Representative Wynn

  39. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 2 adopted

  40. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 3 offered by Representatives Turner, Sinicki and Mason

  41. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Assembly amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 61, Noes 33

  42. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Representatives Young and Bernier added as cosponsors

  43. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  44. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  45. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended, Ayes 93, Noes 1

  46. Feb 21, 2012 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  47. Feb 22, 2012 · Senate

    Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly amendments 1 and 2 adopted

  48. Mar 5, 2012 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-3-2012 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  49. Mar 6, 2012 · Senate

    Assembly amendment 1 concurred in

  50. Mar 6, 2012 · Senate

    Assembly amendment 2 concurred in

  51. Mar 6, 2012 · Senate

    Action ordered immediately messaged

  52. Mar 22, 2012 · Senate

    LRB correction

  53. Mar 22, 2012 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-22-2012

  54. Apr 3, 2012 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-3-2012

  55. Apr 5, 2012 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-4-2012. 2011 Wisconsin Act 209

  56. Apr 6, 2012 · Senate

    Published 4-18-2012