---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: regulation of public adjusters and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: regulation of public adjusters and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 357"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 357 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowen", "Brooks", "C. Taylor", "Dittrich", "Doyle", "Duchow", "Felzkowski", "Fields", "Goyke", "Gundrum", "Horlacher", "Krug", "Kulp", "Macco", "Nygren", "Ohnstad", "Ramthun", "Skowronski", "Spreitzer", "Steffen", "Stubbs", "Stuck", "Vruwink"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2019-08-12T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ac55b610-e753-4e68-b7a0-cb46697ce1c4"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab357"
source_hash: "4ded2a5e75682737ece65869cc9c11acd8f3fd4b8d23ffe5ead9cbf2fdad5287"
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 357 (2019) — Relating to: regulation of public adjusters and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB357-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB357)
3. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB357-SA1)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Insurance, Ayes 11, Noes 0 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Insurance, Ayes 11, Noes 0 — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowen — primary (person)
- Brooks — primary (person)
- C. Taylor — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Doyle — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Fields — primary (person)
- Goyke — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Horlacher — primary (person)
- Krug — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Macco — primary (person)
- Nygren — primary (person)
- Ohnstad — primary (person)
- Ramthun — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Spreitzer — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Stubbs — primary (person)
- Stuck — primary (person)
- Vruwink — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-12T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Steffen, Ohnstad, Bowen, Brooks, Dittrich, Doyle, Felzkowski, Fields, Goyke, Gundrum, Horlacher, Krug, Kulp, Nygren, Ramthun, Skowronski, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Stuck, C. Taylor, Vruwink, Duchow and Macco; cosponsored by Senators Feyen, Bewley, Erpenbach, Miller, Olsen, Petrowski and Schachtner `introduction`
- **2019-08-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance `referral-committee`
- **2019-08-20T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
- **2019-10-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-10-16T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Steffen `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-10-17T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-10-28T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-10-31T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Thiesfeldt added as a coauthor
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Insurance, Ayes 11, Noes 0
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Insurance, Ayes 11, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-12-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2020-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Feyen `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2020-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in as amended `passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate amendment 1 adopted)
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Amendment 1)
- **2020-01-31T06:00:00+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
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 concurred in
- **2020-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Action ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2020-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-17-2020
- **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 129 `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/ac55b610-e753-4e68-b7a0-cb46697ce1c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).