Senate Bill 997
Incorporation of standards by reference into agency administrative rules and the nurse licensure compact (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Safety and Professional Services)
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.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 17, 2022
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly 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 ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Senate Organization. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law generally requires all permanent rules that are promulgated by state agencies to be published in the Wisconsin Administrative Code. However, current law allows an agency, in order to avoid unnecessary expense, to adopt standards established by technical societies and organizations of recognized national standing by incorporating the standards in its rules by reference to the specific issue or issues of the publication in which they appear, without reproducing the standards in full in their rules. Such incorporation by reference requires the consent of the attorney general and requires the rule incorporating the standard to state that the standards are on file at the offices of the agency and the Legislative Reference Bureau.
This bill deletes the requirement that the agency state that the standards are on file at the offices of the agency and instead requires only that the agency state that the standards are on file at the Legislative Reference Bureau.
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The bill also makes terminology changes related to the Nurse Licensure Compact. Specifically, the bill removes the word “enhanced” from references in the statutes to the Nurse Licensure Compact. Under current law, Wisconsin has entered into the Nurse Licensure Compact, which allows a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse who is licensed in a state that has adopted the compact to practice in any other state that has adopted the compact without needing to separately obtain a license in that other state.
For further information, see the Notes provided by the Law Revision Committee of the Joint Legislative Council.
Who's behind it
Law Revision Committee is its .
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Author (1)
- Law Revision Committee
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 17, 2022
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Feb 17, 2022
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 17, 2022 · Senate
Introduced by Law Revision Committee
- Feb 17, 2022 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Senate Organization
- Feb 17, 2022 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 15, 2022 · Senate
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.
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. 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
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