Assembly Bill 733
Fee waivers for certain occupational credentials. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Apr 17, 2018. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Dec 7, 2017
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 20, 2018
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Senate vote, passed
Passed 32 to 0
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2017 Wisconsin Act 319
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 17, 2018: “Published 4-17-2018”
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill waives the fees for initial occupational credentials, granted by the Department of Safety and Professional Services or an examining board, affiliated credentialing board, or other board under DSPS, for a person whose family income does not exceed 180 percent of the federal poverty line.
The bill also includes a change to the veterans fee waiver program. Under that program in current law, a veteran is entitled to a fee waiver for an initial credential required to practice certain professions or occupations. The program limits a veteran to receiving a fee waiver only if the veteran has not already received a fee waiver under the program. This bill eliminates that limitation with respect to initial credentials issued by DSPS or an examining board, affiliated credentialing board, or other board under DSPS.
Who's behind it
10 lawmakers are its . 9 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
5 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Tyler Vorpagel · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (5)
- Peter Barca · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
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 6 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform vote on an amendment
Passed, 9 to 0 · Feb 15, 2018
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform vote to recommend it
Passed, 9 to 0 · Feb 15, 2018
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 Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 15, 2018
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 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 15, 2018
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 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 3 to 2 · Mar 15, 2018
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 32 to 0 · Mar 20, 2018
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (32)
- Alberta Darling (R, 8)
- Bob Wirch (D, 22)
- Chris Kapenga (R, 33)
- Chris Larson (D, 7)
- Dan Feyen (R, 20)
- Dave Hansen (D, 30)
- David Craig (R, 28)
- Devin LeMahieu (R, 9)
- Duey Stroebel (R, 20)
- Fred A. Risser (D, 26)
- Howard Marklein (R, 17)
- Janet Bewley (D, 25)
- Janis Ringhand (D, 15)
- Jennifer Shilling (D, 32)
- Jerry Petrowski (R, 29)
- Jon Erpenbach (D, 27)
- Kathleen Vinehout (D, 31)
- LaTonya Johnson (D, 6)
- Leah Vukmir (R, 5)
- Lena Taylor (D, 4)
- Luther S. Olsen (R, 14)
- Mark Miller (D, 16)
- Patrick Testin (R, 24)
- Patty Schachtner (D, 10)
- Rob Cowles (R, 2)
- Roger Roth (R, 19)
- Scott L. Fitzgerald (R, 13)
- Steve Nass (R, 11)
- Terry Moulton (R, 23)
- Thomas Tiffany (R, 12)
- Tim Carpenter (D, 3)
- Van Wanggaard (R, 21)
Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 17, 2018
The new law was published.
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Apr 17, 2018
The governor signed it. It became 2017 Wisconsin Act 319.
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Apr 12, 2018
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 20, 2018
The Senate passed it too, 32 to 0.
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Mar 15, 2018
“Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)
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Mar 15, 2018
“Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)
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Mar 15, 2018
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Mar 12, 2018
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Feb 21, 2018
The Senate received it.
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Feb 20, 2018
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 20, 2018
The Assembly passed it.
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Feb 20, 2018
The Assembly adopted it.
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Feb 15, 2018
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 15, 2018
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 0.
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Jan 18, 2018
The committee held a public hearing.
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Dec 15, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 14, 2017
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 7, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform.
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Dec 7, 2017
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 7, 2017 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Novak, Brostoff, Duchow, Horlacher, Kitchens, Kooyenga, Petryk, Quinn, Tranel and Vorpagel; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Bewley, Darling and Erpenbach
- Dec 7, 2017 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform
- Dec 14, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 15, 2017 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 11, 2018 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Novak
- Jan 18, 2018 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 30, 2018 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Novak
- Feb 1, 2018 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 9, 2018 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 3 offered by Representative Novak
- Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 15, 2018 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 1:39 PM on 2-20-2018 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 26
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 3 withdrawn and returned to author
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Representative Barca added as a coauthor
- Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 21, 2018 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Mar 12, 2018 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Mar 12, 2018 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 15, 2018 · Senate
Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Mar 15, 2018 · 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 3, Noes 2
- Mar 15, 2018 · Senate
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Mar 15, 2018 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-20-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 0
- Mar 20, 2018 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 21, 2018 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Mar 26, 2018 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 3-26-2018
- Apr 12, 2018 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 4-12-2018
- Apr 17, 2018 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 4-16-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 319
- Apr 17, 2018 · Assembly
Published 4-17-2018
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