Assembly Bill 15
Educational qualifications for certified public accountants
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 25, 2021
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill allows semester hours completed at nonbachelor's degree-granting institutions to count towards the 150 semester hours required for certification as a certified public accountant. Under current law, only semester hours completed at bachelor's degree-granting institutions may count towards the semester hours required for this certification.
Who's behind it
12 representatives are its . All 12 are Republicans.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (12)
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Wittke · Republican, Assembly
- Shannon Zimmerman · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (8)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities vote to recommend it
Passed, 14 to 0 · Mar 17, 2021
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 Colleges and Universities, Ayes 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 19, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 17, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 17, 2021
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 0.
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Mar 4, 2021
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 12, 2021
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 25, 2021
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Colleges and Universities.
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Jan 25, 2021
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 25, 2021 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Wittke, Zimmerman, Dittrich, Gundrum, Kuglitsch, VanderMeer, Moses, Ramthun, Skowronski, Tranel, Rozar and Knodl; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Marklein, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Darling and Nass
- Jan 25, 2021 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities
- Feb 12, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Allen added as a coauthor
- Mar 4, 2021 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 11, 2021 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on Colleges and Universities, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 17, 2021 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 3-23-2021 by Committee on Rules
- Mar 19, 2021 · Assembly
Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2021 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. 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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
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