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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 218

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Relating to: procedures for granting credentials granted by the Department of Safety and Professional Services and credentialing boards, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. (FE)

Safety and professional services department of Trades and occupations

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, 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 makes a number of changes regarding the process for the granting of

professional credentials by the Department of Safety and Professional Services and

credentialing boards in DSPS, including all of the following:

1. The bill explicitly allows a credentialing board to delegate authority to DSPS

to make determinations regarding whether an applicant satisfies the requirements

to be granted a credential and authority to grant or deny a credential in accordance

with that determination.

2. Once an application for a credential is considered complete following an

investigation conducted by DSPS, DSPS must, for a credential that is granted by a

credentialing board, either 1) forward the application to the board or the board's

designee with DSPS's recommendation regarding approval or denial of the

application or 2) if DSPS has been delegated the authority to make a determination

on the application, directly approve or deny the application in accordance with its

determination. If DSPS forwards an application to the board or the board's designee

with a recommendation that it be approved, the bill requires that the application be

considered automatically approved by the board on the tenth business day

thereafter, unless the application is acted on sooner or unless the board or its

designee takes certain other actions before that date.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Bowen (D) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Dallman (R) , Dittrich (R) , Haywood (D) , James (R) , Knodl (R) , Moses (R) , Mursau (R) , Petryk (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Rozar (R) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Steffen (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , VanderMeer (R) , Wichgers (R) , Zimmerman (R)

7 cosponsors

Brostoff (D) , Johnson (D) , Kooyenga (R) , L. Taylor (D) , Marklein (R) , Stroebel (R) , Wimberger (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 May 14, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 May 14, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jul 30, 2021 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Oct 19, 2021 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. Mar 31, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Petryk, Haywood, Bowen, Dallman, Dittrich, Cabral-Guevara, James, Knodl, Moses, Mursau, Pronschinske, Rozar, Steffen, Stubbs, Subeck, VanderMeer, Wichgers, Zimmerman, Spiros and Skowronski; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Johnson, Marklein, Stroebel, L. Taylor and Wimberger

  2. Mar 31, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform

  3. Apr 1, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. May 4, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Brostoff added as a coauthor

  6. May 4, 2021 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  7. May 4, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform

  8. May 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  9. May 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  10. May 14, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Jun 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 6-22-2021 by Committee on Rules

  12. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  14. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  16. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Jun 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Jun 22, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Jun 24, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry

  20. Jul 21, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  21. Jul 30, 2021 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  22. Jul 30, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  23. Oct 19, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  24. Oct 19, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-20-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  25. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  26. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  27. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  28. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  29. Oct 20, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Oct 20, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  31. Oct 27, 2021 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 10-27-2021

  32. Dec 2, 2021 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 12-2-2021

  33. Dec 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-7-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 118

  34. Dec 7, 2021 · Assembly

    Published 12-8-2021