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type: "Bill"
title: "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)"
description: "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)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "AB 188"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 188 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Berceau", "Doyle", "E. Brooks", "Katsma", "Kooyenga", "Kuglitsch", "Loudenbeck", "Novak", "R. Brooks", "Ripp", "Tranel", "Tusler", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-03-28T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93986b85-0c85-43ee-b9c7-920c12ace51f"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab188"
source_hash: "0b67c19c49281e4f505a30bccc7c7770460664b5f47e82ac54fd34cce99c9125"
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 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](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/AB188)
## Votes
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 1 — **71** (pass) · legislature
- Read a third time and passed, Ayes 95, Noes 1 — **951** (pass) · legislature
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **32** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93986b85-0c85-43ee-b9c7-920c12ace51f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).