republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2017-regular-session/ab-188.md

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Bill	Relating to: educational requirements for taking the accounting examination or receiving a certified public accountant certificate; continuing education requirements for accounting license renewal; data-sharing programs related to accountants; peer reviews for certified public accounting firms; modifying various administrative rules promulgated by the Accounting Examining Board relating to accounting; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)	Relating to: educational requirements for taking the accounting examination or receiving a certified public accountant certificate; continuing education requirements for accounting license renewal; data-sharing programs related to accountants; peer reviews for certified public accounting firms; modifying various administrative rules promulgated by the Accounting Examining Board relating to accounting; and granting rule-making authority. (FE)	us/states/wi	Wisconsin Legislature	2017 Regular Session	AB 188	Wisconsin AB 188 (2017 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Ballweg Berceau Doyle E. Brooks Katsma Kooyenga Kuglitsch Loudenbeck Novak R. Brooks Ripp Tranel Tusler Wichgers	1	34	3	2017-03-28T05:00:00+00:00	2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/93986b85-0c85-43ee-b9c7-920c12ace51f	http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab188	0b67c19c49281e4f505a30bccc7c7770460664b5f47e82ac54fd34cce99c9125	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wi

Wisconsin AB 188 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: educational requirements for taking the accounting examination or receiving a certified public accountant certificate; continuing education requirements for accounting license renewal; data-sharing programs related to accountants; peer reviews for certified public accounting firms; modifying various administrative rules promulgated by the Accounting Examining Board relating to accounting; 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

Votes

• Report passage recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 1 — 7–1 (pass) · legislature
• Read a third time and passed, Ayes 95, Noes 1 — 95–1 (pass) · legislature
• Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — 3–2 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ballweg — primary (person)
• Berceau — primary (person)
• Doyle — primary (person)
• E. Brooks — primary (person)
• Katsma — primary (person)
• Kooyenga — primary (person)
• Kuglitsch — primary (person)
• Loudenbeck — primary (person)
• Novak — primary (person)
• R. Brooks — primary (person)
• Ripp — primary (person)
• Tranel — primary (person)
• Tusler — primary (person)
• Wichgers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced by Representatives Kooyenga, Ballweg, Berceau, Doyle, E. Brooks, R. Brooks, Katsma, Kuglitsch, Loudenbeck, Novak, Tranel, Ripp, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Marklein, Cowles, Olsen and Risser introduction
• 2017-03-28T05:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform
• 2017-04-13T05:00:00+00:00 Fiscal estimate received
• 2017-04-27T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing held
• 2017-05-10T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Barca added as a coauthor
• 2017-05-25T05:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Horlacher
• 2017-06-01T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken
• 2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00 Report passage recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 1 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Kooyenga
• 2017-06-07T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 6-14-2017 by Committee on Rules
• 2017-06-13T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Brostoff added as a coauthor
• 2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00 Assembly Amendment 2 adopted
• 2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading
• 2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended
• 2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and passed, Ayes 95, Noes 1 passage
• 2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00 Representatives Spreitzer, Hesselbein, Bowen, Billings, Wachs, Rohrkaste, Tittl, Schraa, Fields, Vruwink, Anderson, Mursau, Felzkowski, Zimmerman, Jagler and Kolste added as coauthors
• 2017-06-14T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2017-06-15T05:00:00+00:00 Received from Assembly
• 2017-06-20T05:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization referral-committee
• 2017-06-20T05:00:00+00:00 Available for scheduling
• 2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
• 2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 11-7-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
• 2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading
• 2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended
• 2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and concurred in passage
• 2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2017-11-08T06:00:00+00:00 Received from Senate concurred in
• 2017-11-13T06:00:00+00:00 Report correctly enrolled on 11-13-2017
• 2017-11-28T06:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor on 11-28-2017 executive-receipt
• 2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00 Report approved by the Governor on 11-30-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 88 executive-signature
• 2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00 Published 12-1-2017

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93986b85-0c85-43ee-b9c7-920c12ace51f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).