---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: educational qualifications for certified public accountants."
description: "Relating to: educational qualifications for certified public accountants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 10"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 10 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Darling", "Felzkowski", "Kooyenga", "Marklein", "Nass"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-21T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63ec3e21-e5fd-46e2-bbe3-6088d4170c0d"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb10"
source_hash: "de974495e5e24e7137e93969f012e44a81e373d5daa9f037db41c5b9ddcef0c0"
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 10 (2021) — Relating to: educational qualifications for certified public accountants.

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/SB10)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Kooyenga — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Ballweg, Darling, Felzkowski, Marklein and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Wittke, Dittrich, Gundrum, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Moses, Ramthun, Rozar, Skowronski, Tranel, VanderMeer and Zimmerman `introduction`
- **2021-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Allen added as a cosponsor
- **2021-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-16-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-23-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Steffen added as a cosponsor
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-25-2021 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-26-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 12 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-27-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/63ec3e21-e5fd-46e2-bbe3-6088d4170c0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).