---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: student qualification for employment as a nurse aide. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: student qualification for employment as a nurse aide. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 671"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 671 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Cabral-Guevara", "Felzkowski", "Nass"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84466ef5-0505-4be5-ab88-4de3488ef4b3"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb671"
source_hash: "d2c6b880eb9933d4c6f786e96bb8557c59cad8329faac0cc3e4f936c8ea9a654"
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 671 (2023) — Relating to: student qualification for employment as a nurse aide. (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/2023/REG/SB671)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Cabral-Guevara — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Nass — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Cabral-Guevara, Ballweg, Felzkowski and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Summerfield, Armstrong, Behnke, Bodden, Brandtjen, Conley, Edming, Gundrum, Maxey, Murphy, Petryk and Wichgers `introduction`
- **2023-11-09T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-12-07T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-12-11T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2023-12-19T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-12-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-19T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Cowles added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-01-22T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 10:27 AM on 1-25-2024 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Representatives Gustafson and Rozar added as cosponsors
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-01-30T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 183 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-23-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84466ef5-0505-4be5-ab88-4de3488ef4b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).