---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: registration and the scope of practice of interior designers and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: registration and the scope of practice of interior designers and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 344"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 344 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Kooyenga", "Marklein", "Roys", "Stroebel"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-05-14T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21b6bcba-055a-4dab-93d8-49ce1f093a41"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb344"
source_hash: "1bf9e3daff90cf8fa998b77cff431bea6ed0f4c2915f1189d0ed6466014362fd"
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 344 (2021) — Relating to: registration and the scope of practice of interior designers and granting 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](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/SB344)
2. **Senate Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/SB344-SSA1)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1 — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kooyenga — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Roys — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-05-14T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Johnson, Stroebel, Marklein and Roys; cosponsored by Representatives Horlacher, Stubbs, Brooks, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Gundrum, Hintz, Krug, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Macco, Magnafici, Neylon, Skowronski, Sortwell, Vruwink and Wichgers `introduction`
- **2021-05-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-25T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-06-11T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Roys withdrawn as a coauthor `withdrawal`
- **2021-08-25T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Government Operations, Legal Review and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-10-26T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-11-04T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Penterman added as a cosponsor
- **2022-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Kooyenga
- **2022-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-22-2022 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-22T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 8:08 AM on 2-23-2022 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-03-02T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-15-2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-18-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 195 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-19-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21b6bcba-055a-4dab-93d8-49ce1f093a41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).