---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: preserving and transferring dental patient health care records, contracts for practicing dentistry or dental hygiene, and granting rule-making authority."
description: "Relating to: preserving and transferring dental patient health care records, contracts for practicing dentistry or dental hygiene, and granting rule-making authority."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 258"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 258 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bewley", "Johnson", "Lasee", "Nass", "Olsen", "Ringhand", "Roth", "Shilling", "Wanggaard"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-05-17T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e9b3475-dc6c-4c46-b12c-eabea328c4f9"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb258"
source_hash: "c86bdaab7a8d39b04cf1429373a698bc67d3cbda0d9d883c233fc4a605e0f2bd"
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 258 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: preserving and transferring dental patient health care records, contracts for practicing dentistry or dental hygiene, and granting rule-making authority.

## 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/SB258)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Bewley — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lasee — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)
- Ringhand — primary (person)
- Roth — primary (person)
- Shilling — primary (person)
- Wanggaard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Roth, Bewley, Johnson, Lasee, Nass, Olsen, Ringhand and Shilling; cosponsored by Representatives Steffen, Spreitzer, Allen, Ballweg, Berceau, Bernier, Billings, Brandtjen, R. Brooks, Considine, Doyle, Fields, Genrich, Hintz, Kolste, Krug, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Quinn, Riemer, Rohrkaste, Spiros, Subeck and Tauchen `introduction`
- **2017-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Darling added as a coauthor
- **2017-05-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- **2017-08-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-09-27T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Stuck added as a cosponsor
- **2017-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Barca added as a cosponsor
- **2017-10-03T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ohnstad added as a cosponsor
- **2017-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-10-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-10-25T05:00:00+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** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- **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** Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2017-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2017-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2017-11-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-28-2017 `executive-receipt`
- **2017-12-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-30-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 116 `executive-signature`
- **2017-12-04T06:00:00+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/3e9b3475-dc6c-4c46-b12c-eabea328c4f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).