republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2019/ab-137.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: pharmacists and pharmacy students administering vaccines."
description: "Relating to: pharmacists and pharmacy students administering vaccines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 137"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 137 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Bowen", "Brostoff", "C. Taylor", "Considine", "Dittrich", "Duchow", "Edming", "Felzkowski", "Horlacher", "Hutton", "Kolste", "Kulp", "Kurtz", "Loudenbeck", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Myers", "Nygren", "Oldenburg", "Ramthun", "Riemer", "Rohrkaste", "Skowronski", "Stubbs", "Subeck", "Thiesfeldt", "Tusler", "VanderMeer", "Vorpagel", "Vruwink"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-20T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea94f96d-f7a1-47ed-a3ea-79cc337ab62d"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab137"
source_hash: "f420c83961d7e2b316dde2bedae4a319e25a6dd262b7d1cdebd22031641ee71b"
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 137 (2019) — Relating to: pharmacists and pharmacy students administering vaccines.

## 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/2019/REG/AB137)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 13, Noes 0 — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Bowen — primary (person)
- Brostoff — primary (person)
- C. Taylor — primary (person)
- Considine — primary (person)
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Edming — primary (person)
- Felzkowski — primary (person)
- Horlacher — primary (person)
- Hutton — primary (person)
- Kolste — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Kurtz — primary (person)
- Loudenbeck — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Myers — primary (person)
- Nygren — primary (person)
- Oldenburg — primary (person)
- Ramthun — primary (person)
- Riemer — primary (person)
- Rohrkaste — primary (person)
- Skowronski — primary (person)
- Stubbs — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Thiesfeldt — primary (person)
- Tusler — primary (person)
- VanderMeer — primary (person)
- Vorpagel — primary (person)
- Vruwink — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Kurtz, Anderson, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Felzkowski, Horlacher, Hutton, Kolste, Kulp, Loudenbeck, Murphy, Mursau, Myers, Nygren, Oldenburg, Ramthun, Riemer, Rohrkaste, Skowronski, Stubbs, Subeck, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt, Tusler, VanderMeer, Vorpagel and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Bewley, Carpenter, Darling, Hansen, Johnson, Kooyenga, Marklein, Olsen, Ringhand, Stroebel and L. Taylor `introduction`
- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-04-22T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
- **2019-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 13, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-06T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-13T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 6-18-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-06-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2019-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-24T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-06T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2019-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 11-13-2019
- **2019-11-14T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-14-2019 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-19-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 24 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-20T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-20-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea94f96d-f7a1-47ed-a3ea-79cc337ab62d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).