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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 4

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Relating to: pharmacy technicians and pharmacy students administering vaccines.

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  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 authorizes pharmacy technicians to administer vaccines. Under

current law, a pharmacy technician is a person who provides services as directed,

supervised, and inspected by a pharmacist. To administer vaccines under the bill,

a pharmacy technician must complete two hours of training and must be supervised

by a pharmacist.

Also, under the bill, any health care provider who is authorized to administer

vaccines may supervise pharmacy students who have completed two years of

pharmacy school while they administer a vaccine. Current law requires pharmacy

students who have completed two years of pharmacy school to be supervised by a

pharmacist while administering a vaccine.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cabral-Guevara (R) , Dittrich (R) , Duchow (R) , Moses (R) , Murphy (R) , Rozar (R) , Sanfelippo (R)

2 cosponsors

Kooyenga (R) , Steffen (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Jan 26, 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 Health, Ayes 13, Noes 1

Passed 13–1 Jan 26, 2021 official source full page

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

Assembly: PASSAGE

Passed 90–1 Jan 28, 2021 official source full page

Aye · 90

Nay · 1

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 11, 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 as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 11, 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. Jan 19, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sanfelippo, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Duchow, Moses, Murphy and Rozar; cosponsored by Senator Kooyenga

  2. Jan 19, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Jan 20, 2021 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Steffen added as a coauthor

  5. Jan 25, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Murphy

  6. Jan 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  7. Jan 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 13, Noes 1

  8. Jan 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Jan 26, 2021 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 9:01 AM on 1-28-2021 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 8

  10. Jan 28, 2021 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  11. Jan 28, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Jan 28, 2021 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. Jan 28, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 90, Noes 1

  14. Jan 28, 2021 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Jan 28, 2021 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Jan 28, 2021 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  17. Feb 4, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Health

  18. Feb 9, 2021 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  19. Feb 9, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Kooyenga

  20. Feb 11, 2021 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  21. Feb 11, 2021 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  22. Feb 11, 2021 · Senate

    Report concurrence as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  23. Feb 11, 2021 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  24. Feb 12, 2021 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  25. Feb 16, 2021 · Senate

    Read a second time

  26. Feb 16, 2021 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  27. Feb 16, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  28. Feb 16, 2021 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  29. Feb 16, 2021 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in as amended

  30. Feb 16, 2021 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  31. Feb 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate amendment 1 adopted)

  32. Feb 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Senate Amendment 1 concurred in

  33. Feb 16, 2021 · Assembly

    Action ordered immediately messaged

  34. Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-18-2021

  35. Feb 18, 2021 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 2-18-2021

  36. Feb 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 2-19-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 3

  37. Feb 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Published 2-20-2021