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AB 35

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Relating to: the effective date for licensing and registration requirements for electricians and electrical contractors. (FE)

Electrician Ordinance Safety and professional services, department of Sunset

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, 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 statutory provisions that will become law on April 1, 2013, a person may

not work as a master, journeyman, beginning, or apprentice electrician or as an

electrical contractor unless the person is licensed or registered with the Department

of Safety and Professional Services. This law, and rules promulgated pursuant to

this law, impose various experience, training, examination, and other requirements

on applicants for these licenses, depending on the type of license being issued. This

bill changes the effective date of these statutory provisions to April 1, 2014.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Knodl (R)

1 cosponsors

Grothman (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor, Ayes 6, Noes 3

Passed 6–3 Feb 26, 2013 official source full page

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

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 59, Noes 39

Passed 59–39 Feb 28, 2013 official source full page

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

Assembly: Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 38

Passed 60–38 Feb 28, 2013 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 4, 2013 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 concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15

Passed 18–15 Mar 5, 2013 official source full page

Full history

  1. Feb 19, 2013 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representative Knodl; cosponsored by Senator Grothman

  2. Feb 19, 2013 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor

  3. Feb 20, 2013 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 25, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sinicki, C. Taylor and Ohnstad

  5. Feb 26, 2013 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Feb 26, 2013 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Feb 26, 2013 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor, Ayes 6, Noes 3

  8. Feb 26, 2013 · Assembly

    Referred to Committee on Rules

  9. Feb 26, 2013 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-28-2013 by Committee on Rules

  10. Feb 27, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representatives Knodl and Sinicki

  11. Feb 28, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Sinicki and Kahl

  12. Feb 28, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representatives Sinicki, C. Taylor, Ohnstad and Kahl

  13. Feb 28, 2013 · Assembly

    Placed on the calendar of 2-28-2013 following Assembly Bill 37

  14. Feb 28, 2013 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 28, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 60, Noes 38

  16. Feb 28, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  17. Feb 28, 2013 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 59, Noes 39

  18. Feb 28, 2013 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Feb 28, 2013 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Feb 28, 2013 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  21. Feb 28, 2013 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Feb 28, 2013 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  23. Mar 1, 2013 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  24. Mar 1, 2013 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  25. Mar 4, 2013 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  26. Mar 4, 2013 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-5-2013 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  27. Mar 5, 2013 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Vinehout

  28. Mar 5, 2013 · Senate

    Read a second time

  29. Mar 5, 2013 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  30. Mar 5, 2013 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  31. Mar 5, 2013 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  32. Mar 5, 2013 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  33. Mar 5, 2013 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  34. Mar 6, 2013 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  35. Mar 7, 2013 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-7-2013

  36. Mar 12, 2013 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 3-12-2013

  37. Mar 14, 2013 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-13-2013. 2013 Wisconsin Act 4

  38. Mar 18, 2013 · Assembly

    Published 3-27-2013