---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: an initial teaching license based on completion of a Montessori teacher education program."
description: "Relating to: an initial teaching license based on completion of a Montessori teacher education program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "SB 299"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 299 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Darling", "Feyen", "L. Taylor", "Olsen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-06-15T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/912f1e53-6478-41e6-b6aa-a75229398107"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb299"
source_hash: "5693fc6b584ea00186677839bee00257915cd3bf01f1a46ce365bc108f9e703b"
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 299 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: an initial teaching license based on completion of a Montessori teacher education program.

## 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/SB299)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Darling — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Olsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Olsen, L. Taylor, Darling and Feyen; cosponsored by Representatives Kitchens, Bowen, Brostoff, Horlacher, Kooyenga, Kremer, Murphy, Ripp, Spreitzer, Tittl and Tusler `introduction`
- **2017-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- **2017-08-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2017-08-31T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2017-08-31T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Education, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-08-31T05:00:00+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** 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 106 `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/912f1e53-6478-41e6-b6aa-a75229398107`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).