republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2021/ab-148.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: state response to COVID-19 related to health services and practice of health care providers licensed outside of this state."
description: "Relating to: state response to COVID-19 related to health services and practice of health care providers licensed outside of this state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "AB 148"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 148 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kurtz", "Loudenbeck", "Sortwell", "VanderMeer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-03-05T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/702ca545-8bc0-4150-a5cc-cb07907d8063"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab148"
source_hash: "f58f00106c9c2cb3a133bbb7dcafd8be7a614195a77914679eb1a12618bea904"
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 148 (2021) — Relating to: state response to COVID-19 related to health services and practice of health care providers licensed outside of this state.

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/AB148-AA2)
2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2021/REG/AB148)
3. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2021/REG/AB148-SA1)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (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

## Sponsors

- Kurtz — primary (person)
- Loudenbeck — primary (person)
- Sortwell — primary (person)
- VanderMeer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives VanderMeer, Loudenbeck, Sortwell and Kurtz `introduction`
- **2021-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-16-2021 by Committee on Rules
- **2021-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Cowles added as a cosponsor
- **2021-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Wittke added as a coauthor
- **2021-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives B. Meyers, Doyle, Shankland, Vining, S. Rodriguez, Andraca, Sinicki, Cabrera, Baldeh, Spreitzer, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Subeck, Hebl, Hintz, Hesselbein, Snodgrass, Ohnstad, Anderson, Drake, Vruwink, Billings, Goyke, Bowen, Stubbs, McGuire, Neubauer, Hong, Pope, Ortiz-Velez, Brostoff, Shelton, Riemer, Moore Omokunde, L. Myers and Haywood
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Point of order that Assembly Amendment 1 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 well taken
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decision of the Chair appealed
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Decision of the Chair upheld, Ayes 59, Noes 34
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative VanderMeer
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2021-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2021-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- **2021-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-23-2021 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Stroebel and Kapenga
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended and taken up
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in as amended `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate amended and concurred in as amended (Senate amendment 1 adopted) `amendment-passage, receipt`
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 concurred in
- **2021-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Action ordered immediately messaged
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-25-2021 `enrolled`
- **2021-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-25-2021 by directive of the Speaker `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-26-2021. 2021 Wisconsin Act 10 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-27-2021 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/702ca545-8bc0-4150-a5cc-cb07907d8063`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).