Senate Bill 419
Practice of fitting and dealing in hearing aids, certification of hearing instrument specialists to engage in cerumen management, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Dec 7, 2023. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Sep 8, 2023
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Oct 17, 2023
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Nov 14, 2023
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2023 Wisconsin Act 82
Latest entry in the official record, Dec 7, 2023: “Published 12-7-2023”
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Wisconsin Act
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Author
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, no person may engage in the practice of fitting and dealing in hearing aids unless he or she is licensed as an audiologist or as a hearing instrument specialist, with certain exceptions. The practice of fitting and dealing in hearing aids is defined to mean the measurement of human hearing by means of an audiometer or by any other means accepted by the Hearing and Speech Examining Board solely for the purpose of making selections, adaptations, or sales of hearing aids intended to compensate for impaired hearing. This bill amends the definition of the practice of fitting and dealing in hearing aids to apply only to the selections, adaptations, or sales of prescription hearing aids.
Further, this bill requires the Hearing and Speech Examining Board to issue certificates to hearing instrument specialists to engage in cerumen management.
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Cerumen is a wax-like secretion from glands in the external auditory canal. Under current law, hearing instrument specialists may not engage in cerumen management, unlike audiologists who may engage in cerumen management. To be certified to engage in cerumen management under the bill, a hearing instrument specialist must complete a course on cerumen management identified by the Hearing and Speech Examining Board. In identifying cerumen management courses, the completion of which qualifies a hearing instrument specialist to engage in cerumen management, the bill directs the Hearing and Speech Examining Board to select cerumen management courses that consist of at least six hours of instruction in removing cerumen from an ear canal using a variety of safe techniques and that includes a final examination on proper cerumen management procedures. Finally, the bill directs the Hearing and Speech Examining Board to promulgate rules to implement the cerumen management certification, including rules to define the scope of cerumen management and to establish proper infection control practices.
Who's behind it
Rachael Cabral-Guevara, a Republican, is its .
10 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (10)
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- Gus Gustafson · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Moses · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Johnson · Republican, Assembly
- Peter Schmidt · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Health vote to recommend it
Passed, 6 to 0 · Oct 6, 2023
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Dec 7, 2023
The new law was published.
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Dec 7, 2023
The governor signed it. It became 2023 Wisconsin Act 82.
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Nov 30, 2023
Sent to the governor.
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Nov 14, 2023
The Assembly passed it too.
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Oct 19, 2023
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Oct 17, 2023
The Assembly received it.
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Oct 17, 2023
The Senate passed it.
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Oct 10, 2023
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Oct 6, 2023
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 0.
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Sep 20, 2023
The committee held a public hearing.
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Sep 8, 2023
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health.
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Sep 8, 2023
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 8, 2023 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Cabral-Guevara; cosponsored by Representatives Rozar, S. Johnson, Behnke, Brandtjen, Clancy, Gustafson, Madison, Moses, O'Connor, Schmidt, Tusler, VanderMeer and Wichgers
- Sep 8, 2023 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health
- Sep 20, 2023 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Oct 4, 2023 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Oct 6, 2023 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0
- Oct 6, 2023 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Oct 10, 2023 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Oct 13, 2023 · Senate
Representative Tusler withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Oct 16, 2023 · Senate
Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Oct 17, 2023 · Senate
Read a second time
- Oct 17, 2023 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Oct 17, 2023 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Oct 17, 2023 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Oct 17, 2023 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Clancy withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 by Committee on Rules
- Nov 13, 2023 · Assembly
Representative Madison withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Nov 15, 2023 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Nov 16, 2023 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Nov 30, 2023 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023
- Dec 7, 2023 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 82
- Dec 7, 2023 · Senate
Published 12-7-2023
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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