---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: reciprocal credentials for service members, former service members, and their spouses and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: reciprocal credentials for service members, former service members, and their spouses and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 731"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 731 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Felzkowski", "Gundrum", "Knodl", "Kuglitsch", "Mursau", "Skowronski", "Spiros", "Steffen", "Tusler", "VanderMeer"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-03-04T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/097a7b7b-f0ac-45a8-b43b-54ab0afeb71e"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab731"
source_hash: "03c4aaa45bc6c753c39d7a105bb53c3c5fbbd28c38a8a6737c35e578ce355ff0"
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 731 (2019) — Relating to: reciprocal credentials for service members, former service members, and their spouses 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/AB731-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB731)

## Votes

- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Steffen — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- VanderMeer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives VanderMeer, Skowronski, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Gundrum, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Mursau, Spiros, Steffen and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Kapenga, Jacque, Bernier, Craig, Darling, Kooyenga, LeMahieu, Marklein, Nass, Olsen, Stroebel and Testin `introduction`
- **2020-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-10T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2020-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative VanderMeer `amendment-introduction`
- **2020-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Allen added as a coauthor
- **2020-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2020-01-31T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2020-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Rules and take up
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2020-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2020-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Senate Organization and take up
- **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 `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 143 `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/097a7b7b-f0ac-45a8-b43b-54ab0afeb71e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).