WI AB 257
enactedRelating to: advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did WI AB 257 pass?
Yes. WI AB 257 has been enacted into law as of 2025-09-09. Latest recorded action (2025-09-09): Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
What is WI AB 257 about?
WI AB 257 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)”.
Who sponsors WI AB 257?
Wichgers, Udell, Tusler and 19 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 257.
- Introduced
- 2025-05-12
- Latest action
- 2025-09-09 — Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- Wichgersprimary
- Udellprimary
- Tuslerprimary
- Stubbsprimary
- Spirosprimary
- Pradoprimary
- Ortiz-Velezprimary
- O'Connorprimary
- Murphyprimary
- Maxeyprimary
- Kreibichprimary
- Joersprimary
- Gundrumprimary
- Emersonprimary
- DeSmidtprimary
- Cruzprimary
- Brownprimary
- Behnkeprimary
- Andracaprimary
- Rodriguezprimary
- Subeckprimary
- Kurtzprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-05-12
Introduced by Representatives Kurtz, Subeck, Rodriguez, Andraca, Behnke, Brown, Cruz, DeSmidt, Emerson, Gundrum, Joers, Kreibich, Maxey, Murphy, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Prado, Spiros, Stubbs, Tusler, Udell and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Cabral-Guevara, Roys, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, LeMahieu, Marklein, Quinn, Ratcliff, Smith and Spreitzer
introduction
2025-05-12
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-12
Representatives Donovan and Palmeri added as coauthors
2025-05-13
Senator Jacque added as a cosponsor
2025-05-13
Representatives McCarville, Miresse, Goeben and Knodl added as coauthors
2025-05-13
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-05-14
Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor
2025-05-14
Public hearing held
2025-05-15
Representative Vining added as a coauthor
2025-05-19
Representative Clancy added as a coauthor
2025-05-20
Representative Madison added as a coauthor
2025-05-29
Senators James and Larson added as cosponsors
2025-05-30
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-05-30
Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor
2025-06-04
Representative Moses added as a coauthor
2025-06-04
Executive action taken
2025-06-06
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-06-06
Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0
committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-06
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-06-16
Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-18-2025
referral
2025-06-18
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-06-18
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-06-18
Rules suspended
2025-06-18
Read a third time and passed
passage,reading-3
2025-06-18
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-06-18
Received from Assembly
receipt
2025-06-18
Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
2025-06-18
Rules suspended and taken up
2025-06-18
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-06-18
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-06-18
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2025-06-18
Read a third time and concurred in
passage,reading-3
2025-06-18
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-06-19
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2025-06-19
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-06-23
Report correctly enrolled on 6-23-2025
enrolled
2025-08-07
Presented to the Governor on 8-7-2025
executive-receipt
2025-08-11
Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 17
executive-signature
2025-08-11
Published 8-9-2025
became-law
2025-09-09
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
Versions
Documents
- application/pdf
- text/html
- application/pdf(no extracted text yet)
- text/html(no extracted text yet)
- text/html
- application/pdf(no extracted text yet)
- text/html
- application/pdf
- text/html; charset=utf-8
- text/html
- application/pdf(no extracted text yet)
- application/pdf(no extracted text yet)
Votes
Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0
2025-06-06 · pass · 15-0
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:37:42.962855Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=WI&identifier=AB 257. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
- Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.