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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 581

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Relating to: the practice of physical therapy students and physical therapist assistant students and granting rule-making authority.

Medical service — Occupations

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill 1) modifies the practice permissions for physical therapy students and

physical therapist assistant students to eliminate requirements that they be

assisting physical therapists when practicing and 2) allows the Physical Therapy

Examining Board to promulgate rules related to the supervision of students who

perform physical therapy procedures and related tasks.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bowen (D) , Horlacher (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Magnafici (R) , Mursau (R) , Petryk (R) , Skowronski (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wichgers (R)

6 cosponsors

Edming (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Nass (R) , Schachtner (D) , Testin (R) , Thiesfeldt (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 10, Noes 5

Passed 10–5 Jan 16, 2020 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 14, 2020 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. Oct 25, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives VanderMeer, Magnafici, Bowen, Horlacher, Krug, Kulp, Mursau, Petryk, Skowronski, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Nass, Schachtner and Kooyenga

  2. Oct 25, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Oct 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Edming added as a coauthor

  5. Nov 4, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Thiesfeldt added as a coauthor

  6. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 10, Noes 5

  8. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 by Committee on Rules

  10. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  12. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  15. Jan 22, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Jan 27, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  17. Jan 27, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  18. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  19. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  20. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Read a second time

  21. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  23. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  24. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  26. Feb 25, 2020 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020

  27. Feb 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 by directive of the Speaker

  28. Mar 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 138

  29. Mar 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Published 3-4-2020