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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Senate Bill 530

Authorizing certain full-time positions within the Department of Safety and Professional Services and making an appropriation. (FE)

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

    Oct 16, 2023

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Licensing, Constitution and Federalism. 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.

This bill appropriates money for the Department of Safety and Professional Services to hire nine full-time staff to process professional license applications, eight full-time staff to communicate with customers and the public, and two full-time staff to help individuals, employers, and institutions of higher education understand the credential application and approval process.

Who's behind it

8 senators are its ⁠. All 8 are Democrats.

17 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 25 names

Authors (8)

Signed on in support (17)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 20, 2024

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Oct 27, 2023 to Feb 21, 2024

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  4. Oct 16, 2023

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Licensing, Constitution and Federalism.

  5. Oct 16, 2023

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Pfaff, Carpenter, Wirch, Roys, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Agard and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Doyle, Billings, Subeck, Shankland, Conley, Ratcliff, Palmeri, Ortiz-Velez, Joers, Ohnstad, Considine, C. Anderson, Andraca, Clancy and Haywood

  2. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Constitution and Federalism

  3. Oct 27, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  4. Feb 21, 2024 · Senate

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  5. Mar 20, 2024 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate