Senate Bill 514
Practicing as a physician assistant or nurse while performing official duties for the armed services or federal health services
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 4, 2020. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Oct 18, 2019
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Jan 21, 2020
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 20, 2020
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2019 Wisconsin Act 148
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 4, 2020: “Published 3-4-2020”
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Wisconsin Act
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Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. 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.
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.
Who's behind it
5 senators are its . 4 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
24 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (24)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Wittke · Republican, Assembly
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Jan 8, 2020
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 4, 2020
The new law was published.
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Mar 4, 2020
The governor signed it. It became 2019 Wisconsin Act 148.
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Feb 28, 2020
Sent to the governor.
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Feb 20, 2020
The Assembly passed it too.
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Feb 18, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jan 21, 2020
The Assembly received it.
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Jan 21, 2020
The Senate passed it.
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Jan 8, 2020
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Nov 20, 2019
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 23, 2019
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Oct 18, 2019
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
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Oct 18, 2019
Introduced in the Senate.
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- 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
- Oct 18, 2019 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- Oct 23, 2019 · Senate
Representative Born added as a cosponsor
- Nov 20, 2019 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jan 8, 2020 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Jan 8, 2020 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Jan 8, 2020 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Jan 17, 2020 · Senate
Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Jan 21, 2020 · Senate
Read a second time
- Jan 21, 2020 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Jan 21, 2020 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Jan 21, 2020 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Jan 21, 2020 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 18, 2020 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 11:48 AM on 2-20-2020 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 21
- Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 21, 2020 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Feb 25, 2020 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Feb 28, 2020 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020
- Mar 4, 2020 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 148
- Mar 4, 2020 · Senate
Published 3-4-2020
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
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote