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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: educational requirements for taking the accounting examination or receiving a certified public accountant certificate; continuing education requirements for accounting license renewal; data-sharing programs related to accountants; peer reviews for certified public accounting firms; modifying various administrative rules promulgated by the Accounting Examining Board relating to accounting; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
+description: "Relating to: educational requirements for taking the accounting examination or receiving a certified public accountant certificate; continuing education requirements for accounting license renewal; data-sharing programs related to accountants; peer reviews for certified public accounting firms; modifying various administrative rules promulgated by the Accounting Examining Board relating to accounting; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2017 Regular Session"
+identifier: "AB 188"
+citation: "Wisconsin AB 188 (2017 Regular Session)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Berceau", "Doyle", "E. Brooks", "Katsma", "Kooyenga", "Kuglitsch", "Loudenbeck", "Novak", "R. Brooks", "Ripp", "Tranel", "Tusler", "Wichgers"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2017-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93986b85-0c85-43ee-b9c7-920c12ace51f"
+source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab188"
+source_hash: "0b67c19c49281e4f505a30bccc7c7770460664b5f47e82ac54fd34cce99c9125"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
+---
+
+# Wisconsin AB 188 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: educational requirements for taking the accounting examination or receiving a certified public accountant certificate; continuing education requirements for accounting license renewal; data-sharing programs related to accountants; peer reviews for certified public accounting firms; modifying various administrative rules promulgated by the Accounting Examining Board relating to accounting; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/AB188)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Report passage recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 1 — **7–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Read a third time and passed, Ayes 95, Noes 1 — **95–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ballweg — primary (person)
+- Berceau — primary (person)
+- Doyle — primary (person)
+- E. Brooks — primary (person)
+- Katsma — primary (person)
+- Kooyenga — primary (person)
+- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
+- Loudenbeck — primary (person)
+- Novak — primary (person)
+- R. Brooks — primary (person)
+- Ripp — primary (person)
+- Tranel — primary (person)
+- Tusler — primary (person)
+- Wichgers — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Kooyenga, Ballweg, Berceau, Doyle, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Katsma, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Novak, Tranel, Ripp, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Cowles, Olsen and Risser `introduction`
+- **2017-03-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform
+- **2017-04-13T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
+- **2017-04-27T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Barca added as a coauthor
+- **2017-05-25T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Horlacher
+- **2017-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Kooyenga
+- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-14-2017 by Committee on Rules
+- **2017-06-13T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Brostoff added as a coauthor
+- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
+- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
+- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 95, Noes 1 `passage`
+- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Spreitzer, Hesselbein, Bowen, Billings, Wachs, Rohrkaste, Tittl, Schraa, Fields, Vruwink, Anderson, Mursau, Felzkowski, Zimmerman, Jagler and Kolste added as coauthors
+- **2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2017-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
+- **2017-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2017-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
+- **2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-7-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
+- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2017-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
+- **2017-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-13-2017
+- **2017-11-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-28-2017 `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-30-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 88 `executive-signature`
+- **2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Published 12-1-2017
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93986b85-0c85-43ee-b9c7-920c12ace51f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
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