Assembly Bill 144
Preliminary health care credentials granted to previously unlicensed individuals. (FE)
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
Apr 6, 2023
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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, Apr 15, 2024: “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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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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 requires the Department of Safety and Professional Services to grant preliminary credentials to certain individuals who have recently completed the requirements to obtain a health care credential.
Under the bill, DSPS must grant a preliminary credential to an individual who attests to meeting all of the requirements for a corresponding permanent or training credential, including having completed all education, training, supervised experience, and similar requirements within the previous two-year period. The individual must also attest that he or she does not, to the best of his or her knowledge, have a disqualifying arrest or conviction record, and that he or she has been engaged by a health care employer to provide services that are within the scope of the credential that he or she is seeking. Finally, the individual must have also submitted an application for the permanent or training credential that remains pending.
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The health care employer must submit to DSPS the employer's national provider identifier and attest to having engaged the individual to provide the aforementioned services. The health care employer must also attest that the individual has, to the best of the health care employer's knowledge and with a reasonable degree of certainty, completed the required education, training, and supervised experience necessary for the corresponding permanent or training credential within the two years preceding the submission of the application for the preliminary credential, has passed required examinations, and has passed a background check performed by the health care employer.
The preliminary credential becomes effective upon the submission of the attestation by the health care employer or on a later date specified therein. The preliminary credential expires on the date that the application for the permanent or training credential is granted or denied. While providing services under a preliminary credential, the person is subject to all responsibilities and limitations of the corresponding permanent or training credential.
Who's behind it
21 representatives are its . All 21 are Republicans.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (21)
- Dave Armstrong · Republican, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Ty Bodden · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Joy Goeben · Republican, Assembly
- Gus Gustafson · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Loren Oldenburg · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Peter Schmidt · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (7)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform vote on an amendment
Passed, 5 to 4 · Oct 19, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 4”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 4 · Oct 19, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 4”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 15, 2024
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Oct 19, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Oct 19, 2023
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 4.
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Jun 9, 2023
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 12, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 6, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform.
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Apr 6, 2023
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Apr 6, 2023 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Goeben, Sortwell, Armstrong, Behnke, Bodden, Born, Dittrich, Donovan, Gustafson, Kitchens, Kurtz, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Oldenburg, Penterman, Rozar, Schmidt, Schraa, Tittl and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Cowles, Felzkowski, Feyen, Jacque, Marklein and Stroebel
- Apr 6, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform
- Apr 12, 2023 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jun 9, 2023 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 9, 2023 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell
- Oct 11, 2023 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 4
- Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 4
- Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Nov 2, 2023 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Goeben
- Jan 11, 2024 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 16, 2024 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Apr 15, 2024 · 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote