republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2023/ab-954.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: provisional licenses to practice medicine and surgery for internationally trained physicians and physician assistants and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: provisional licenses to practice medicine and surgery for internationally trained physicians and physician assistants and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "AB 954"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 954 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Born", "Callahan", "Gundrum", "Gustafson", "Murphy", "Mursau", "Ortiz-Velez", "Rettinger", "Rozar", "Schmidt", "Snyder", "Spiros", "VanderMeer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9f7d4ee-8d17-4409-82bf-1b743915d15e"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab954"
source_hash: "512d37e12e2cdbf6acc7aa0a8096ededf7317e3b3d7743029ac1f4b337324742"
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 954 (2023) — Relating to: provisional licenses to practice medicine and surgery for internationally trained physicians and physician assistants and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Assembly Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB954-ASA1-AA1)
2. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2023/REG/AB954-ASA1)
3. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/AB954)

## 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 concurrence recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0 — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Born — primary (person)
- Callahan — primary (person)
- Gundrum — primary (person)
- Gustafson — primary (person)
- Murphy — primary (person)
- Mursau — primary (person)
- Ortiz-Velez — primary (person)
- Rettinger — primary (person)
- Rozar — primary (person)
- Schmidt — primary (person)
- Snyder — primary (person)
- Spiros — primary (person)
- VanderMeer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Callahan, Gustafson, Born, Gundrum, Murphy, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, Rettinger, Rozar, Schmidt, Snyder, Spiros and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators Tomczyk, Ballweg and Quinn `introduction`
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2024-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Green added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-29T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Callahan
- **2024-02-09T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Callahan
- **2024-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Callahan
- **2024-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-20-2024 by Committee on Rules
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 to Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-20T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-02-21T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2024-02-26T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2024-03-11T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-12-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-03-12T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-15-2024 `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 214 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-23-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9f7d4ee-8d17-4409-82bf-1b743915d15e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).