---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: terminology change and corrections for emergency medical technicians and first responders."
description: "Relating to: terminology change and corrections for emergency medical technicians and first responders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "AB 59"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 59 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bernier", "Loudenbeck", "Mursau", "Shankland", "Spiros", "Zepnick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-06T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cdc04fe3-0a17-4794-ade5-15d58679aa3b"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab59"
source_hash: "5fa9b2dd25b447f5b50e78cb8704352532f3fc98321954c53dd6e285e74972a3"
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 59 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: terminology change and corrections for emergency medical technicians and first responders.

## 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/AB59)

## Votes

- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 12, Noes 0 — **12–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Bernier — primary (person)
- Loudenbeck — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Shankland — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Zepnick — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Loudenbeck, Shankland, Anderson, Bernier, Mursau, Spiros and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Moulton, Harsdorf, Nass, Olsen, Petrowski and Ringhand `introduction`
- **2017-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health
- **2017-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a coauthor
- **2017-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 12, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-7-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2017-03-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2017-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-04-06T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-04-28T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-2-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2017-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 5-9-2017
- **2017-06-20T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 6-20-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 6-21-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 12 `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-21T05:00:00+00:00** Published 6-22-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cdc04fe3-0a17-4794-ade5-15d58679aa3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).