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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 81

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Relating to: limiting the authority of a city, village, town, or county to create new occupational licenses or fees or to continue to regulate certain professions. (FE)

County Municipality Municipality — Annexation Safety and professional services, department of Trades and occupations Traffic regulation

  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

Generally under current law, a city, village, town, or county (political

subdivision) may regulate certain professions. A city or village may regulate

professions under its home rule authority and a town or county may regulate

professions that they are specifically authorized to regulate. The authority of a

political subdivision to regulate a particular profession may be prohibited or limited

by a state statute.

Under this bill, and subject to an exception, beginning on the effective date of

the bill a political subdivision may not impose any occupational fees or licensing

requirements on any profession if that profession is not subject to such locally

imposed fees and licensing requirements on that date, although a political

subdivision may continue to impose fees and licensing requirements on any

profession that is already subject to such requirements of the political subdivision.

Under an exception contained in the bill, if a political subdivision imposes an

occupational fee or licensing requirement on photographers on the effective date of

the bill, that regulation does not apply and may not be enforced.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Harsdorf (R) , Lasee (R) , Nass (R) , Tiffany (R) , Wanggaard (R)

13 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Craig (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Hutton (R) , Jarchow (R) , Knodl (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Kulp (R) , Neylon (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , T. Larson (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Jun 5, 2015 official source full page

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

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Jun 5, 2015 official source full page

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

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Jun 5, 2015 official source full page

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

Assembly: Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 56, Noes 34, Paired 2

Passed 56–34 Oct 27, 2015 official source full page

Aye · 56

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 35

Passed 57–35 Oct 27, 2015 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. Mar 23, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Nass, Harsdorf, Lasee and Tiffany; cosponsored by Representatives Kooyenga, Neylon, Ballweg, Craig, A. Ott, Kulp, Hutton, E. Brooks, Knodl, T. Larson, Edming and Sanfelippo

  2. Mar 23, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Elections and Local Government

  3. Apr 2, 2015 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 9, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Apr 30, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  6. Apr 30, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Wanggaard

  7. Jun 3, 2015 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Jun 5, 2015 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  9. Jun 5, 2015 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  10. Jun 5, 2015 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  11. Jun 5, 2015 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Elections and Local Government, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  12. Jun 8, 2015 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 6-9-2015 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  13. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  15. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 adopted

  16. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  17. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  18. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Read a third time

  19. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Passed

  20. Jun 9, 2015 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Jun 9, 2015 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  22. Oct 19, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  23. Oct 21, 2015 · Assembly

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

  24. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Zamarripa

  26. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 57, Noes 35

  27. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Representative Jarchow added as a cosponsor

  28. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  29. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  30. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 56, Noes 34, Paired 2

  31. Oct 27, 2015 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  32. Oct 28, 2015 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  33. Nov 9, 2015 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  34. Nov 9, 2015 · Senate

    LRB correction (Senate Amendment 2)

  35. Nov 10, 2015 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 11-10-2015

  36. Nov 12, 2015 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 11-11-2015. 2015 Wisconsin Act 65

  37. Nov 12, 2015 · Senate

    Published 11-12-2015