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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 514

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Relating to: practicing as a physician assistant or nurse while performing official duties for the armed services or federal health services.

Military personnel Nurses Physician Police

  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

Under this bill, physician assistants who perform official duties for the armed

services or federal health services are not required to obtain a physician assistant

license. Current law generally requires a person to obtain a license granted by the

Medical Examining Board to practice as a physician assistant.

The bill also allows a person to practice as a registered nurse or nurse

anesthetist while performing official duties for the armed services or federal health

services without obtaining a credential from the Board of Nursing. Under current

law, a person is generally required to obtain a credential from the Board of Nursing

to practice professional nursing or to practice as a nurse anesthetist.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Craig (R) , Darling (R) , Kooyenga (R)

24 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Born (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Edming (R) , Hutton (R) , Knodl (R) , Krug (R) , Kurtz (R) , Loudenbeck (R) , Magnafici (R) , Milroy (D) , Murphy (R) , Ott (R) , Plumer (R) , Ramthun (R) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Sortwell (R) , Spiros (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wichgers (R) , Wittke (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 8, 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 18, 2019 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Carpenter, Craig, Darling and Cowles; cosponsored by Representatives Skowronski, Hutton, Dittrich, Duchow, Knodl, Ott, Sinicki, Wichgers, Wittke, Anderson, Edming, Krug, Kurtz, Loudenbeck, Magnafici, Milroy, Murphy, Plumer, Ramthun, Sortwell, Spiros, Tusler and VanderMeer

  2. Oct 18, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  3. Oct 23, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Born added as a cosponsor

  4. Nov 20, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 8, 2020 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 8, 2020 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Jan 8, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Jan 17, 2020 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  10. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  13. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Jan 21, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  16. Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:48 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21

  17. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  18. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  21. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Feb 21, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  23. Feb 25, 2020 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  24. Feb 28, 2020 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020

  25. Mar 4, 2020 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 148

  26. Mar 4, 2020 · Senate

    Published 3-4-2020