---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: regulating the use of certain professional credentials and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: regulating the use of certain professional credentials and providing a criminal penalty. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 132"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 132 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darling", "Ringhand"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-03-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eca9b2af-fc61-469d-86da-03e8faf28cca"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb132"
source_hash: "ad447c6ca76d3bab72fc9cd8659566b435a9794421da5aa4d37d08c80283340b"
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 SB 132 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: regulating the use of certain professional credentials and providing a criminal penalty. (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/SB132)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Darling — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Darling and Ringhand; cosponsored by Representatives Petryk, Loudenbeck, Kerkman, Brostoff, Edming, Allen, Skowronski, Weatherston, Thiesfeldt and E. Brooks `introduction`
- **2017-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations
- **2017-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2017-04-25T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2017-10-27T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-31-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2017-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-9-2017 by Committee on Rules
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-11-10T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2017-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2017-11-22T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-22-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-27-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 73 `executive-signature`
- **2017-11-27T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-28-2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eca9b2af-fc61-469d-86da-03e8faf28cca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).