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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 20

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Relating to: terminology changes for those with an intellectual disability in administrative rules.

Administrative rules Children and families, department of — Administrative rules Health services, department of — Administrative rules Intellectual disabilities Safety and professional services, department of — Administrative rules Workforce development, department of — Administrative rules

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill substitutes the phrase “intellectual disability" and similar phrases for

“mental retardation," “mentally retarded," and similar phrases in rules promulgated

by the Department of Health Services, the Department of Children and Families, the

Public Service Commission, the Department of Safety and Professional Services, and

the Department of Workforce Development. The bill also changes the definition of

“intellectual disability" in rules promulgated by DHS.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Ballweg (R) , Born (R) , Brooks (R) , Dittrich (R) , Edming (R) , Gundrum (R) , Hintz (D) , Jagler (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kolste (D) , Krug (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Kulp (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Neubauer (D) , Petersen (R) , Petryk (R) , Quinn (R) , Ramthun (R) , Schraa (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Spreitzer (D) , Steffen (R) , Subeck (D) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tittl (R) , Tranel (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Vorpagel (R) , Wittke (R)

25 cosponsors

Cowles (R) , Crowley (D) , Darling (R) , Feyen (R) , Fitzgerald (R) , Jacque (R) , Johnson (D) , Kooyenga (R) , Macco (R) , Marklein (R) , Ohnstad and Shankland , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Rohrkaste (R) , Schachtner (D) , Shilling (D) , Smith (D) , Stubbs (D) , Tiffany (R) , Vining (D) , Wanggaard (R) , Zamarripa and Felzkowski , Zimmerman (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Apr 3, 2019 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. Feb 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Jagler, Born, Ballweg, Brooks, Dittrich, Anderson, Edming, Gundrum, Hintz, Kitchens, Kolste, Kulp, Kuglitsch, Krug, Loudenbeck, Murphy, Mursau, Neubauer, Petersen, Petryk, Quinn, Ramthun, Schraa, Sinicki, Skowronski, Spiros, Spreitzer, Steffen, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, VanderMeer, Vorpagel and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Fitzgerald, Cowles, Darling, Feyen, Jacque, Johnson, Kooyenga, Marklein, Olsen, Petrowski, Risser, Schachtner, Shilling, Smith, Tiffany, Wanggaard and Ringhand

  2. Feb 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. Feb 11, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Macco added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Representatives Ohnstad and Shankland added as coauthors

  5. Feb 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Rohrkaste added as a coauthor

  6. Feb 22, 2019 · Assembly

    Representatives Zamarripa and Felzkowski added as coauthors

  7. Mar 5, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Zimmerman added as a coauthor

  8. Mar 12, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Crowley added as a coauthor

  9. Mar 13, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  10. Mar 27, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  11. Mar 27, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor

  12. Apr 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  13. Apr 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  14. Apr 4, 2019 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 4-9-2019 by Committee on Rules

  15. Apr 8, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  16. Apr 9, 2019 · Assembly

    Laid on the table

  17. Apr 1, 2020 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1