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Bills from the 2015–16 session

Assembly Bill 96

Prescriptions for controlled substances issued by optometrists and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures

Stopped before the full Assembly voted

The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 12, 2015

  2. Committee, passed

    Approved

  3. Assembly vote, stopped here

    Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to pass 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, optometrists who satisfy certain criteria may, subject to certain limitations, prescribe and administer therapeutic pharmaceutical agents.

These limitations include that an optometrist may prescribe or administer only schedule III, IV, and V controlled substances and may only prescribe or administer such a controlled substance if it is permitted for prescription or administration under rules promulgated by the Department of Safety and Professional Services (DSPS rules).

Read the full summary

This bill allows an optometrist who satisfies the criteria for using therapeutic pharmaceutical agents to also prescribe or administer certain therapeutic pharmaceutical agents containing opioids, as detailed in the bill, if permitted under the DSPS rules.

Who's behind it

21 lawmakers are its ⁠. 20 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.

12 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 33 names

Authors (21)

Signed on in support (12)

How lawmakers voted

There was one vote on this bill.

Assembly Committee on Health vote to recommend it

Passed, 9 to 2 · Jun 3, 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 Health, Ayes 9, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Apr 13, 2016

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Jun 3, 2015

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.

  3. Jun 3, 2015

    The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 2.

  4. May 20, 2015

    The committee held a public hearing.

  5. Mar 12, 2015

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health.

  6. Mar 12, 2015

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 12, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Edming, Ballweg, Born, Brandtjen, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Craig, Czaja, Kahl, Kremer, Krug, Kulp, Mursau, Murtha, Ripp, Rohrkaste, Spiros, Steffen, Thiesfeldt and Vorpagel; cosponsored by Senators Vukmir, Carpenter, Cowles, Farrow, Gudex, LeMahieu, Marklein, Moulton, Nass, Ringhand, Vinehout and Wirch

  2. Mar 12, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. May 20, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jun 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Jun 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 9, Noes 2

  6. Jun 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Jun 3, 2015 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-9-2015 by Committee on Rules

  8. Jun 9, 2015 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  9. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

Terms on this page

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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

Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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