9/28/2021 Regular Session, 2021 - 2022 Wisconsin Legislature


Senate Bill 259


Relating clause:

the regulation and licensure of genetic counselors, creating a genetic counselors affiliated credentialing board, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.

House Action Taken Legislator Date
Senate Read a second time 09/28
Senate Senate Amendment 2 withdrawn and returned to author Testin 09/28
Senate Ordered to a third reading 09/28
Senate Rules suspended LeMahieu 09/28
Senate Read a third time and passed, Ayes 29, Noes 2 09/28
Senate Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor 09/28
Senate Ordered immediately messaged LeMahieu 09/28

House Action Taken Legislator Date
Senate Introduced by Senators Testin, Darling, Erpenbach, Johnson, Larson, Pfaff and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Rozar, Brostoff, Billings, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Duchow, Goyke, Kitchens, Kuglitsch, Skowronski, Tittl and Wichgers 03/31/2021
Senate Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry 03/31/2021
Senate Fiscal estimate received 04/14/2021
Senate Fiscal estimate received 04/28/2021
Senate Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque 05/24/2021
Senate Public hearing held 05/26/2021
Senate Executive action taken 06/03/2021
Senate Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0 06/03/2021
Senate Available for scheduling 06/03/2021
Senate Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Jacque 08/03/2021
Senate Placed on calendar 9-28-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) 09/24/2021
Assembly Received from Senate 09/28/2021
Assembly Read first time and referred to committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform 12/06/2021
Assembly Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Steffen 01/20/2022
Assembly Executive action taken 01/26/2022
Assembly Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 6, Noes 3 02/01/2022
Assembly Report concurrence as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 6, Noes 3 02/01/2022
Assembly Referred to committee on Rules 02/01/2022
Assembly Placed on calendar 2-17-2022 by Committee on Rules 02/15/2022
Assembly Representative McGuire added as a cosponsor 02/16/2022
Assembly Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up Steineke 02/17/2022
Assembly Read a second time 02/17/2022
Assembly Assembly Amendment 1 adopted 02/17/2022
Assembly Ordered to a third reading 02/17/2022
Assembly Rules suspended Steineke 02/17/2022
Assembly Read a third time and concurred in as amended 02/17/2022
Assembly Ordered immediately messaged Steineke 02/17/2022
Senate Received from Assembly amended and concurred in as amended, Assembly Amendment 1 adopted 02/17/2022
Senate Placed on calendar 3-8-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) 03/04/2022
Senate Senator Erpenbach withdrawn as a coauthor 03/08/2022
Senate Assembly Amendment 1 concurred in 03/08/2022
Senate Action ordered immediately messaged LeMahieu 03/08/2022
Senate LRB correction 03/16/2022
Senate Report correctly enrolled 03/16/2022
Senate Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2022 04/04/2022
Senate Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 251 04/11/2022
Senate Published 4-9-2022 04/11/2022