---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: renewals of certain credentials."
description: "Relating to: renewals of certain credentials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 203"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 203 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-08-04T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c840f8d-ca0b-4634-bff1-8d64ee81f373"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab203"
source_hash: "070cc32f5cfe7d84a17a242a8fffe8e10d7f61c92719708b34316a33dbc8e8c4"
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 AB 203 (2023) — Relating to: renewals of certain credentials.

## 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/AB203)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 3 — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE — **83–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joint Legislative Council — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Joint Legislative Council `introduction`
- **2023-04-20T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-05-24T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-05-31T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 5, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-7-2023 by Committee on Rules
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 83, Noes 13 `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-07T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2023-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2023-06-08T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2023-06-13T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2023-06-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-14-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2023-06-14T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2023-06-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 6-15-2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-08-02T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 8-2-2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-04T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 8-4-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 33 `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-04T05:00:00+00:00** Published 8-5-2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c840f8d-ca0b-4634-bff1-8d64ee81f373`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).