Assembly Bill 914
Registered interior designers supervising certain construction
Topics: Building, Trades and occupations
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Jan 28, 2026
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Jobs and Economy. The committee's chair at the time was Rick Gundrum. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 993. That version died when the session ended.
Terms on this page
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. 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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill specifies that a Wisconsin registered interior designer may supervise construction of an interior alteration or interior construction project for which the Wisconsin registered interior designer has signed and sealed interior technical submissions. Under current law, a person who satisfies certain requirements may register as a Wisconsin registered interior designer and use the title “Wisconsin registered interior designer.” Current law also requires a Wisconsin registered interior designer to impress his or her seal or stamp on interior technical submissions that are submitted for an interior alteration or interior construction project, and if a city, village, town, or county requires a seal or stamp on interior technical submissions that are submitted for such a project, the city, village, town, or county must accept interior technical submissions impressed with the seal or stamp of a Wisconsin registered interior designer.
Who's behind it
Shae Sortwell, a Republican, is its .
3 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Shae Sortwell · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 3, 2026 to Feb 4, 2026
1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Jan 28, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Jobs and Economy.
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Jan 28, 2026
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 28, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representative Sortwell; cosponsored by Senator Hutton
- Jan 28, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Jobs and Economy
- Feb 3, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
- Feb 4, 2026 · Assembly
Senator L. Johnson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · 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.
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. 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
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor