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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: various changes to the laws governing the practice of accounting and modifying various administrative rules promulgated by the Accounting Examining Board relating to accounting."
description: "Relating to: various changes to the laws governing the practice of accounting and modifying various administrative rules promulgated by the Accounting Examining Board relating to accounting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "AB 696"
citation: "Wisconsin AB 696 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dittrich", "Knodl", "Prado", "Wichgers", "Wittke"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-11-26T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0fa794d-70fc-4dfa-b4b9-a2b7d0f04deb"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab696"
source_hash: "70d7b49c12b521fb1da47d86e071329d8cfee46907c292ca2ea7ab84f871d3b5"
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 696 (2025) — Relating to: various changes to the laws governing the practice of accounting and modifying various administrative rules promulgated by the Accounting Examining Board relating to accounting.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB696)
## Votes
- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **32** (pass) · upper
- Report passage recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — **70** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Dittrich — primary (person)
- Knodl — primary (person)
- Prado — primary (person)
- Wichgers — primary (person)
- Wittke — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-11-26T06:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Representatives Wittke, Dittrich, Knodl, Prado and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senator Marklein `introduction`
- **2025-11-26T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-12-12T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
- **2025-12-17T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 7, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-01-15T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Penterman added as a coauthor
- **2026-01-27T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Drake added as a cosponsor
- **2026-02-05T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-10-2026 by Committee on Rules
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
- **2026-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 2-11-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended and taken up
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2026-02-12T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 2-13-2026 `enrolled`
- **2026-04-01T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 4-1-2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 4-2-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 166 `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-02T05:00:00+00:00** Published 4-3-2026 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0fa794d-70fc-4dfa-b4b9-a2b7d0f04deb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).