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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

SB 546

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

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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: Kooyenga (R) , Nass (R) , Schachtner (D) , Testin (R)

13 cosponsors

Bowen (D) , Edming (R) , Horlacher (R) , Krug (R) , Kulp (R) , Magnafici (R) , Mursau (R) , Petryk (R) , Skowronski (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wichgers (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 15, 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 31, 2019 · Senate

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

  2. Oct 31, 2019 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations

  3. Nov 1, 2019 · Senate

    Representative Thiesfeldt added as a cosponsor

  4. Nov 20, 2019 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 15, 2020 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Jan 15, 2020 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  7. Jan 15, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Apr 1, 2020 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1