---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: retired credential status for certain professionals holding credentials granted by the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, and Professional Land Surveyors; extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: retired credential status for certain professionals holding credentials granted by the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, and Professional Land Surveyors; extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 156 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jacque", "Kooyenga", "Marklein"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-04-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed335447-71e2-410a-b8bd-5c5a21ed6e33"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb156"
source_hash: "ec46bfa37e50172750b304d3d8639e317a1e214817f605355588b6f00081bb50"
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 156 (2019) — Relating to: retired credential status for certain professionals holding credentials granted by the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, and Professional Land Surveyors; extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE)

## 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/2019/REG/SB156)
2. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB156-SSA1)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jacque — primary (person)
- Kooyenga — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Marklein and Jacque; cosponsored by Representatives Kulp, Tusler, Anderson, Thiesfeldt, Spiros, Skowronski and Brooks `introduction`
- **2019-04-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Kooyenga `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-04-19T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-04-26T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Kooyenga `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-22T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-23T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-14T05:00:00+00:00** Representatives Brostoff and L. Myers added as cosponsors
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 by Committee on Rules
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **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 `passage`
- **2020-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2020-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2020-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2020-02-03T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-3-2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-5-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 94 `executive-signature`
- **2020-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-6-2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed335447-71e2-410a-b8bd-5c5a21ed6e33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).