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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 294

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Relating to: membership on the Board of Nursing.

Nurses

  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 Board of Nursing has several powers and duties related to the licensure of nurses and the regulation of the practice of nursing in this state. The Board of Nursing consists of the following nine members appointed for staggered four-year terms: five currently licensed registered nurses, one currently licensed practical nurse, one individual who is either a licensed registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse, and two public members. This bill revises the membership of the Board of Nursing to provide that the board consist of three currently licensed registered nurses, one currently licensed practical nurse, one currently certified advanced practice nurse prescriber, one nurse educator, one member who is either a licensed registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse, and two public members. The bill provides that the two members of the Board of Nursing who were appointed as currently licensed registered nurses whose terms expire the earliest following the effective date of the bill must be replaced by a currently certified advanced practice nurse prescriber and a nurse educator after their terms expire.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Dittrich (R) , Goeben (R) , Gundrum (R) , Kreibich (R) , Miresse (D) , O'Connor (R) , Sortwell (R)

9 cosponsors

Cabral-Guevara (R) , J. Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , McCarville (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Subeck and Stubbs , Udell (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 3

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 Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Sep 15, 2025 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0

Passed 14–0 Sep 15, 2025 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Oct 13, 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 30, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Kreibich, Miresse and O'Connor; cosponsored by Senator Cabral-Guevara

  2. May 30, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

  3. Jun 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor

  4. Jun 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Joers added as a coauthor

  5. Jun 25, 2025 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  6. Jun 26, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Udell added as a coauthor

  7. Jun 30, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

  8. Aug 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative Madison added as a coauthor

  9. Sep 2, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

  10. Sep 3, 2025 · Assembly

    Representatives Subeck and Stubbs added as coauthors

  11. Sep 3, 2025 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  12. Sep 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  13. Sep 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  14. Sep 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  15. Oct 3, 2025 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 10-7-2025

  16. Oct 6, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative McCarville added as a coauthor

  17. Oct 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  18. Oct 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  19. Oct 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  20. Oct 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  21. Oct 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  22. Oct 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  23. Oct 7, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  24. Oct 8, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  25. Oct 8, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  26. Oct 13, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  27. Oct 13, 2025 · Senate

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

  28. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  29. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  30. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  31. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  32. Oct 14, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  33. Oct 14, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  34. Oct 15, 2025 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 10-15-2025

  35. Dec 4, 2025 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025

  36. Dec 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 74

  37. Dec 10, 2025 · Assembly

    Published 12-10-2025

  38. Jan 8, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor