---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: creating a procedure for granting certificates of qualification for employment for persons convicted of a crime and making an appropriation. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: creating a procedure for granting certificates of qualification for employment for persons convicted of a crime and making an appropriation. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 30"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 30 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Bowen", "Brooks", "Fields", "Goyke", "Horlacher", "Hutton", "Krug", "Kurtz", "Mursau", "Myers", "Ramthun", "Snyder", "Sortwell", "Thiesfeldt", "Tittl"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-22T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd53a9a4-0ad3-4673-85d5-d00ad0274f3c"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab30"
source_hash: "8738bbbefa8f0fa2a9ef6fc217a42d8b2625a72bc190d83a6f34f7deec8bb1c0"
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 30 (2019) — Relating to: creating a procedure for granting certificates of qualification for employment for persons convicted of a crime and making an appropriation. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB30-AA2)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB30)

## Votes

- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Corrections, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Corrections, Ayes 9, Noes 0 — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- CONCURRENCE — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Bowen — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- Fields — primary (person)
- Goyke — primary (person)
- Horlacher — primary (person)
- Hutton — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Kurtz — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Myers — primary (person)
- Ramthun — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Sortwell — primary (person)
- Thiesfeldt — primary (person)
- Tittl — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Hutton, Snyder, Fields, Ballweg, Bowen, Brooks, Goyke, Horlacher, Krug, Kurtz, Mursau, Myers, Ramthun, Sortwell, Tittl and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Darling, L. Taylor, Carpenter, Cowles, Feyen, Olsen, Stroebel and Wanggaard `introduction`
- **2019-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Zimmerman added as a coauthor
- **2019-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Spreitzer added as a coauthor
- **2019-09-30T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Hutton `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Corrections, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- **2020-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Corrections, Ayes 9, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-11-2020 by Committee on Rules
- **2020-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Vining added as a coauthor
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Hutton `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 99, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to joint committee on Finance by Committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2020-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Larson added as a cosponsor
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 33, Noes 0 `passage`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2020-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020
- **2020-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 123 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00** Published 3-4-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd53a9a4-0ad3-4673-85d5-d00ad0274f3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).