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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Assembly Bill 190

Continuing education requirements for persons who perform electrical work, licensing and registration requirements for certain experienced electricians, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority

Passed the Assembly, then stopped

The Assembly passed it on Oct 27, 2015, 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

    Apr 22, 2015

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed Oct 27, 2015

  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, Apr 13, 2016: “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 statutes, the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS) regulates various categories of electricians including master electricians, journeyman electricians, and electrical apprentices. Current law also authorizes DSPS to promulgate rules that recognize and regulate other types and subtypes of electricians. Generally, a person may not install, repair, or maintain electrical wiring unless the person is licensed as an electrician by DSPS or unless the person is enrolled as a registered electrician by DSPS. A registered electrician must be supervised by a licensed journeyman or master electrician. Current law also requires all inspections of electrical wiring to be performed by inspectors who are certified by DSPS.

This bill requires an applicant for renewal of any registration, license, or other approval that authorizes a person to perform or inspect electrical work to meet continuing education requirements that are prescribed by DSPS by rule. The bill provides that a person who applies for renewal of a registration as an electrical apprentice is not required to meet these continuing education requirements.

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Current law also provides that certain experienced electricians are exempt from the licensing and registration requirements imposed by DSPS. Under current law, the exemption applies to a person who was born on or before January 1, 1956, and who has at least 15 years of experience in installing, repairing, or maintaining electrical wiring (experienced electrician). Current law requires DSPS to establish criteria for issuing licenses to experienced electricians (exemption licenses).

This bill prospectively eliminates the licensing and registration exemptions for experienced electricians but retains those exemptions for experienced electricians who obtained an exemption license from DSPS before this bill's effective date. The bill provides that an exemption license is generally valid for four years and is renewable. The bill also requires electricians holding an exemption license to meet continuing education requirements in order to renew that exemption license. The bill further provides that DSPS must impose the same continuing education requirements on experienced electricians that it imposes on master electricians.

Who's behind it

13 lawmakers are its ⁠. 10 are Republicans and 3 are Democrats.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 15 names

Authors (13)

Signed on in support (2)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Labor vote to recommend it

Passed, 5 to 0 · Oct 13, 2015

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

Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 13, 2016

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Dec 10, 2015

    The committee held a public hearing.

  3. Oct 29, 2015

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Labor and Government Reform.

  4. Oct 28, 2015

    The Senate received it.

  5. Oct 27, 2015

    The Assembly passed it.

  6. Oct 13, 2015

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  7. Oct 13, 2015

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.

  8. Jun 10, 2015

    The committee held a public hearing.

  9. Apr 22, 2015

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Labor.

  10. Apr 22, 2015

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Apr 22, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives T. Larson, A. Ott, Ballweg, E. Brooks, Doyle, Edming, Horlacher, Jarchow, Kolste, Krug, Kulp, Meyers and Murtha; cosponsored by Senators Olsen and Ringhand

  2. Apr 22, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor

  3. Jun 10, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 7, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Oct 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Labor, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Oct 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Oct 21, 2015 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 10-27-2015 by Committee on Rules

  8. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  9. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  10. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Oct 28, 2015 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  15. Oct 29, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Labor and Government Reform

  16. Dec 10, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  17. Apr 13, 2016 · 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