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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to: certification requirements for building contractors. (FE)"
+description: "Relating to: certification requirements for building contractors. (FE)"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
+legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "AB 994"
+citation: "Wisconsin AB 994 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Brooks", "Sortwell", "Spiros", "Thiesfeldt", "Tittl"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 32
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32fc0660-2c63-484b-93ec-5d1d4d22c022"
+source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab994"
+source_hash: "0acc8054cdecd05d94b2a7198abd21335ebf8d13efec76ba81b14b2f120007d8"
+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 994 (2021) — Relating to: certification requirements for building contractors. (FE)
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/AB994-AA1)
+2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/AB994)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
+- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Brooks — primary (person)
+- Sortwell — primary (person)
+- Spiros — primary (person)
+- Thiesfeldt — primary (person)
+- Tittl — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Spiros, Brooks, Sortwell, Thiesfeldt and Tittl; cosponsored by Senators Petrowski, Cowles, Feyen and Jagler `introduction`
+- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Housing and Real Estate `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Spiros
+- **2022-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
+- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
+- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
+- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Housing and Real Estate, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 9:20 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29
+- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor
+- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
+- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-24T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
+- **2022-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
+- **2022-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-8-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
+- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
+- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
+- **2022-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
+- **2022-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-10-2022 `enrolled`
+- **2022-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-4-2022 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 237 `executive-signature`
+- **2022-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-9-2022 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32fc0660-2c63-484b-93ec-5d1d4d22c022`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
+