---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: ratification of the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: ratification of the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 412"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 412 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Cowles", "Felzkowski", "L. Taylor", "Marklein", "Nass"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f39d6b2-bdcc-4d18-9e49-8c9a1870dfdb"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb412"
source_hash: "9fe13f317dc600336a1aa81e6485c37a716e40544efa83c42d8cf0757b54343d"
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 412 (2021) — Relating to: ratification of the Occupational Therapy Licensure Compact, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, 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/SB412)

## Votes

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

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- Marklein — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Cowles, Felzkowski, Marklein, Nass and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives VanderMeer, Moses, Cabral-Guevara, Billings, Brandtjen, Dallman, Doyle, Mursau, Novak, Oldenburg, Rozar, Spiros, Subeck, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt and Tusler `introduction`
- **2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-10T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Shelton added as a cosponsor
- **2021-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Pfaff added as a coauthor
- **2021-07-02T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor
- **2021-07-06T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-07-27T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Skowronski added as a cosponsor
- **2021-07-21T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-07-30T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2021-07-30T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-07-30T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-08-05T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Cabrera added as a cosponsor
- **2021-08-23T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Spreitzer added as a cosponsor
- **2021-08-26T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2021-09-24T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 9-28-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 31, Noes 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-09-28T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2021-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-20-2022 by Committee on Rules
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up `withdrawal`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2022-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2022-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2022-01-28T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2022-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 2-1-2022 by directive of the Majority Leader `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 2-4-2022. 2021 Wisconsin Act 123 `executive-signature`
- **2022-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Published 2-5-2022 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f39d6b2-bdcc-4d18-9e49-8c9a1870dfdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).