Senate Bill 212
Instructional programs for nurse aides and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Apr 24, 2014. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Jun 5, 2013
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Feb 18, 2014
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 18, 2014
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2013 Wisconsin Act 357
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 24, 2014: “Published 4-24-2014”
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Author
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Cost estimate
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What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law provides that, with certain exceptions, no hospital, nursing home, intermediate care facility for persons with an intellectual disability, home health agency, or hospice (health facility) may employ the services of a nurse aide unless the individual has successfully completed an instructional program and a competency evaluation program that are approved by the Department of Health Services (DHS).
A nurse aide is defined as an individual who performs routine patient care duties that are delegated by a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse who supervises the individual, for the direct health care of a patient or resident. Current law requires DHS to promulgate rules that establish standards for the approval of nurse aide instructional programs and competency evaluation programs and requires DHS to approve programs that meet those standards.
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This bill permits DHS to approve instructional programs for nurse aides that allow an individual who has successfully completed an instructional program for nurse aides in another state to receive instruction that, when combined with the instructional program in the other state, will result in the individual having received substantially the same instruction as an individual who successfully completes an instructional program approved by DHS under current law (bridge program). As under current law and subject to the same exceptions, an individual who successfully completes a bridge program must successfully complete a competency evaluation program approved by DHS in order to work in a health facility.
Who's behind it
7 senators are its . 4 are Democrats and 3 are Republicans.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Sheila Harsdorf · Republican, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Jennifer Shilling · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (12)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Mandy Wright · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
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 5 votes on this bill.
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services vote on an amendment
Passed, 5 to 0 · Feb 14, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Feb 14, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 5 to 0 · Feb 17, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Referred to Joint Committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 5 to 0 · Feb 17, 2014
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 32 to 0 · Feb 18, 2014 · 1 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (32)
- Alberta Darling (R, 8)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Dale Schultz (R, 17)
- Dave Hansen (D, 30)
- Frank G. Lasee (R, 1)
- Fred A. Risser (D, 26)
- Glenn Grothman (R, 20)
- Jennifer Shilling (D, 32)
- Jerry Petrowski (R, 29)
- Joe Leibham (R, 9)
- John Lehman (D, 21)
- Jon Erpenbach (D, 27)
- Julie M. Lassa (D, 24)
- Kathleen Vinehout (D, 31)
- Leah Vukmir (R, 5)
- Lena Taylor (D, 4)
- Luther S. Olsen (R, 14)
- Mark Miller (D, 16)
- Mary Lazich (R, 28)
- Michael Ellis (R, 19)
- Neal Kedzie (R, 11)
- Nikiya Harris Dodd (D, 6)
- Paul F. Farrow (R, 33)
- Richard Gudex (R, 18)
- Rob Cowles (R, 2)
- Scott L. Fitzgerald (R, 13)
- Sheila Harsdorf (R, 10)
- Terry Moulton (R, 23)
- Thomas Tiffany (R, 12)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Timothy Cullen (D, 15)
Didn't vote (1)
- Robert Jauch (D, 25)
Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 24, 2014
The new law was published.
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Apr 24, 2014
The governor signed it. It became 2013 Wisconsin Act 357.
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Apr 22, 2014
Sent to the governor.
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Feb 18, 2014
The Assembly passed it too.
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Feb 18, 2014
“Read” (the official wording)
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Feb 18, 2014
The Assembly received it.
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Feb 18, 2014
The Senate passed it, 32 to 0.
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Feb 18, 2014
The Senate adopted it.
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Feb 17, 2014
“Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Feb 17, 2014
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Feb 14, 2014
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Feb 14, 2014
“Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Sep 18, 2013
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jun 18, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jun 5, 2013
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
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Jun 5, 2013
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jun 5, 2013 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Harsdorf, Shilling, Olsen, Vinehout, Lassa, Schultz and Lehman; cosponsored by Representatives Bernier, T. Larson, Thiesfeldt, Berceau, Brooks, Craig, Kooyenga, A. Ott, Ringhand, Sinicki, Spiros and Wright
- Jun 5, 2013 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- Jun 18, 2013 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 18, 2013 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Sep 23, 2013 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Harsdorf
- Feb 11, 2014 · Senate
- Feb 13, 2014 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Feb 14, 2014 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Feb 14, 2014 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Feb 14, 2014 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 17, 2014 · Senate
Referred to Joint Committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Feb 17, 2014 · Senate
Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Feb 17, 2014 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-18-2014 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 18, 2014 · Senate
Read a second time
- Feb 18, 2014 · Senate
Senate Amendment 2 adopted
- Feb 18, 2014 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 18, 2014 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Feb 18, 2014 · Senate
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 0
- Feb 18, 2014 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly
Read
- Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly
Rules suspended and taken up
- Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Feb 18, 2014 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 19, 2014 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Feb 24, 2014 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Apr 22, 2014 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 4-22-2014
- Apr 24, 2014 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 4-23-2014. 2013 Wisconsin Act 357
- Apr 24, 2014 · Senate
Published 4-24-2014
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote