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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 19

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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, 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

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: Cowles (R) , Darling (R) , Feyen (R) , Fitzgerald (R) , Jacque (R) , Johnson (D) , Kooyenga (R) , Marklein (R) , Olsen (R) , Petrowski (R) , Ringhand (D) , Risser (D) , Schachtner (D) , Shilling (D) , Smith (D) , Tiffany (R) , Wanggaard (R)

40 cosponsors

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

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 26, 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 · Senate

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

  2. Feb 8, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection

  3. Feb 12, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Ohnstad added as a cosponsor

  4. Feb 13, 2019 · Senate

    Representatives Shankland and Macco added as cosponsors

  5. Feb 15, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Rohrkaste added as a cosponsor

  6. Feb 19, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  7. Feb 25, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Felzkowski added as a cosponsor

  8. Feb 26, 2019 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  9. Feb 26, 2019 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Technology and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  10. Feb 26, 2019 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Apr 5, 2019 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-9-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Apr 9, 2019 · Senate

    Senator Hansen added as a coauthor

  13. Apr 9, 2019 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Apr 9, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Apr 9, 2019 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  16. Apr 9, 2019 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Apr 9, 2019 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Apr 9, 2019 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  19. Apr 9, 2019 · Assembly

    Read

  20. Apr 9, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended and taken up

  21. Apr 9, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  22. Apr 9, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Apr 9, 2019 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  24. Apr 9, 2019 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  25. Apr 9, 2019 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Apr 10, 2019 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  27. Apr 11, 2019 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  28. Apr 25, 2019 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 4-25-2019

  29. Apr 30, 2019 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-30-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 1

  30. Apr 30, 2019 · Senate

    Published 5-1-2019