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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 547

Pharmacist continuing education credits for volunteering at free and charitable clinics

Stopped in committee

It never got a ⁠, so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Sep 10, 2021

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Health. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

Under current law, a licensed pharmacist must renew his or her license every two years. An applicant for renewal of a pharmacist license must submit proof that he or she has completed 30 hours of continuing education within the two-year period immediately preceding the date of his or her application. This bill allows pharmacists to meet up to 10 hours of the continuing education requirement for each two-year period by volunteering at a free and charitable clinic.

Who's behind it

19 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 19 are Democrats.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 26 names

Authors (19)

Signed on in support (7)

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Sep 10, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health.

  3. Sep 10, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Sep 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Andraca, Anderson, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, Milroy, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Snodgrass, Stubbs and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Johnson, Erpenbach, Agard, Carpenter, Larson, Pfaff and Roys

  2. Sep 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

More in the glossary

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

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.

Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor