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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 273

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Relating to: the membership of the Controlled Substances Board.

Controlled substances board Physician assistant

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Assembly, completed
  3. Passes Senate, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Controlled Substances Board, which performs various functions with regards to the scheduling and regulation of controlled substances and the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, consists of nine members, including the chairpersons of the Pharmacy Examining Board, the Medical Examining Board, the Dentistry Examining Board, and the Board of Nursing. This bill adds the chairperson of the Physician Assistant Affiliated Credentialing Board to the membership of the board.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brill (R) , Dittrich (R) , Franklin (R) , Gundrum (R) , Johnson (D) , Maxey (R) , Moses (R) , O'Connor (R) , Ortiz-Velez (D)

3 cosponsors

James (R) , Miresse (D) , Stubbs (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Jun 20, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Oct 10, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. May 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Dittrich, Brill, Franklin, Gundrum, Johnson, Maxey, Moses, O'Connor and Ortiz-Velez; cosponsored by Senator James

  2. May 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. May 21, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Miresse added as a coauthor

  4. Jun 3, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jun 11, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  7. Jun 20, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to calendar of 6-24-2025

  8. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  9. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  10. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  11. Jun 24, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  12. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor

  13. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  14. Jun 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Jun 27, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families

  16. Sep 4, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  17. Oct 2, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  18. Oct 10, 2025 · Senate

    Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  19. Oct 10, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  20. Oct 13, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  21. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  22. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  24. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  25. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  27. Oct 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 10-15-2025

  28. Dec 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025

  29. Dec 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 73

  30. Dec 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Published 12-10-2025