republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2019/ab-143.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: violations of the law relating to the practice of massage therapy or bodywork therapy and providing a penalty. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: violations of the law relating to the practice of massage therapy or bodywork therapy and providing a penalty. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "AB 143"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 143 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Born", "Brandtjen", "Duchow", "Gundrum", "Hutton", "Jagler", "Kerkman", "Kitchens", "Knodl", "Kuglitsch", "Kulp", "Kurtz", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Novak", "Ott", "Petersen", "Rodriguez", "Rohrkaste", "Sanfelippo", "Spiros", "Stuck", "Subeck", "Thiesfeldt", "Tittl", "Vining", "Vorpagel", "Wichgers"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-21T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c655aa0e-4246-417c-a9b0-436f73da33f9"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab143"
source_hash: "8a4675b4394ff9af236e91f3ef3e1396074641a8d5b6372e5b3e1ed65b29d274"
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 143 (2019) — Relating to: violations of the law relating to the practice of massage therapy or bodywork therapy and providing a penalty. (FE)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/AB143-AA1)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/AB143)

## Votes

- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Born — primary (person)
- Brandtjen — primary (person)
- Duchow — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Hutton — primary (person)
- Jagler — primary (person)
- Kerkman — primary (person)
- Kitchens — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Kuglitsch — primary (person)
- Kulp — primary (person)
- Kurtz — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Novak — primary (person)
- Ott — primary (person)
- Petersen — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Rohrkaste — primary (person)
- Sanfelippo — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- Stuck — primary (person)
- Subeck — primary (person)
- Thiesfeldt — primary (person)
- Tittl — primary (person)
- Vining — primary (person)
- Vorpagel — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Sanfelippo, Hutton, Vining, Ballweg, Born, Duchow, Gundrum, Jagler, Kerkman, Kitchens, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Kulp, Kurtz, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Ott, Petersen, Rodriguez, Rohrkaste, Spiros, Stuck, Subeck, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Vorpagel, Wichgers and Brandtjen; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Fitzgerald, Jacque, Craig, Olsen and Nass `introduction`
- **2019-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Skowronski added as a coauthor
- **2019-03-27T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Marklein added as a cosponsor
- **2019-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-04-08T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sanfelippo `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-02T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 8, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 5-15-2019 by Committee on Rules
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-05-15T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly
- **2019-05-16T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-26T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-09-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-26T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2019-10-04T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 10-8-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-10-08T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in
- **2019-10-11T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 10-11-2019
- **2019-11-15T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-15-2019 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-21T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-21-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 41 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-21T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-22-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c655aa0e-4246-417c-a9b0-436f73da33f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).