# Wisconsin AB257: An Act to repeal 50.01 (1b), 77.54 (14) (f) 3., 118.2925 (1) (b), 118.294 (1) (a), 146.89 (1) (r) 8., 252.01 (1c), 440.03 (13) (b) 3., 440.03 (13) (b) 42., 440.08 (2) (a) 4m., 440.08 (2) (a) 50., 441.11 (title), 441.11 (1), 441.11 (3), 441.15, 441.16, 441.19, 448.035 (1) (a), 450.01 (1m) and 655.001 (9); to renumber 655.001 (1); to renumber and amend 146.89 (1) (r) 3., 253.13 (1), 255.06 (1) (d), 441.06 (7) and 441.11 (2); to amend 29.193 (1m) (a) 2. (intro.), 29.193 (2) (b) 2., 29.193 (2) (c) 3., 29.193 (2) (cd) 2. b., 29.193 (2) (cd) 2. c., 29.193 (2) (e), 29.193 (3) (a), 45.40 (1g) (a), 46.03 (44), 50.08 (2), 50.09 (1) (a) (intro.), 50.09 (1) (f) 1., 50.09 (1) (h), 50.09 (1) (k), 50.49 (1) (b) (intro.), 51.41 (1d) (b) 4., 70.47 (8) (intro.), 77.54 (14) (f) 4., 97.59, 106.30 (1), 118.15 (3) (a), 118.25 (1) (a), 118.29 (1) (e), 118.2915 (2) (a), 118.2915 (3) (a), 118.2915 (4) (c), 118.2915 (6) (a) (intro.), 118.2915 (6) (a) 2., 118.2915 (6) (a) 3., 118.2925 (3), 118.2925 (4) (c), 118.2925 (5), 118.294 (1) (am), 118.294 (2), 118.294 (4) (a), 146.615 (1) (a), 146.82 (3) (a), 146.89 (1) (r) 1., 146.89 (6), 154.01 (1g), 252.07 (8) (a) 2., 252.07 (9) (c), 252.10 (7), 252.11 (2), 252.11 (4), 252.11 (5), 252.11 (7), 252.11 (10), 252.15 (3m) (d) 11. b. and 13., (5g) (c), (5m) (d) 2. and (e) 2. and 3. and (7m) (intro.) and (b), 252.16 (3) (c) (intro.), 252.17 (3) (c) (intro.), 253.07 (4) (d), 253.115 (4), 253.115 (7) (a) (intro.), 253.15 (2), 255.06 (2) (d), 255.07 (1) (d), 257.01 (5) (a), 257.01 (5) (b), 341.14 (1a), 341.14 (1e) (a), 341.14 (1m), 341.14 (1q), 343.16 (5) (a), 343.51 (1), 343.62 (4) (a) 4., 440.077 (1) (a), 440.077 (2) (c), 440.094 (1) (c) 1., 440.094 (2) (a) (intro.), 440.981 (1), 440.982 (1), 440.987 (2), 441.01 (3), 441.01 (4), 441.01 (7) (a) (intro.), 441.01 (7) (b), 441.06 (3), 441.06 (4), 441.07 (1g) (intro.), (a), (c) and (e), 441.07 (2), 441.10 (7), 441.18 (2) (a) (intro.), 441.18 (2) (b), 441.18 (3), 448.03 (2) (a), 448.035 (2) to (4), 448.56 (1) and (1m) (b), 448.62 (2m), 448.67 (2), 448.956 (1m), 450.01 (16) (h) 2., 450.01 (16) (hr) 2., 450.03 (1) (e), 450.11 (1g) (b), 450.11 (1i) (a) 1., 450.11 (1i) (b) 2. b., 450.11 (7) (b), 450.11 (8) (e), 450.13 (5) (b), 450.135 (7) (b), 462.04, 655.001 (7t), 655.002 (1) (a), 655.002 (1) (b), 655.002 (1) (c), 655.002 (1) (d), 655.002 (1) (e), 655.002 (1) (em), 655.002 (2) (a), 655.002 (2) (b), 655.003 (1), 655.003 (3), 655.005 (2) (a), 655.005 (2) (b), 655.23 (5m), 655.27 (3) (a) 4., 655.27 (3) (b) 2m., 655.275 (2), 655.275 (5) (b) 2., 895.478 (3m), 961.01 (19) (a) and 961.395; to repeal and recreate 118.2915 (1) (a), 155.01 (1g) (b), 251.01 (1c) and 441.06 (title); to create 253.115 (1) (f), 253.13 (1) (a), 253.15 (1) (em), 255.06 (1) (f) 2., 440.03 (13) (b) 39m., 440.08 (2) (a) 47r., 441.001 (1c), 441.001 (3c), 441.001 (3g), 441.001 (3n), 441.001 (3r), 441.001 (3w), 441.001 (5), 441.01 (7) (c), 441.065, 441.07 (1r), 441.09, 441.092 and 655.001 (1g) of the statutes; Relating to: advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

Wisconsin AB257, An Act to repeal 50.01 (1b), 77.54 (14) (f) 3., 118.2925 (1) (b), 118.294 (1) (a), 146.89 (1) (r) 8., 252.01 (1c), 440.03 (13) (b) 3., 440.03 (13) (b) 42., 440.08 (2) (a) 4m., 440.08 (2) (a) 50., 441.11 (title), 441.11 (1), 441.11 (3), 441.15, 441.16, 441.19, 448.035 (1) (a), 450.01 (1m) and 655.001 (9); to renumber 655.001 (1); to renumber and amend 146.89 (1) (r) 3., 253.13 (1), 255.06 (1) (d), 441.06 (7) and 441.11 (2); to amend 29.193 (1m) (a) 2. (intro.), 29.193 (2) (b) 2., 29.193 (2) (c) 3., 29.193 (2) (cd) 2. b., 29.193 (2) (cd) 2. c., 29.193 (2) (e), 29.193 (3) (a), 45.40 (1g) (a), 46.03 (44), 50.08 (2), 50.09 (1) (a) (intro.), 50.09 (1) (f) 1., 50.09 (1) (h), 50.09 (1) (k), 50.49 (1) (b) (intro.), 51.41 (1d) (b) 4., 70.47 (8) (intro.), 77.54 (14) (f) 4., 97.59, 106.30 (1), 118.15 (3) (a), 118.25 (1) (a), 118.29 (1) (e), 118.2915 (2) (a), 118.2915 (3) (a), 118.2915 (4) (c), 118.2915 (6) (a) (intro.), 118.2915 (6) (a) 2., 118.2915 (6) (a) 3., 118.2925 (3), 118.2925 (4) (c), 118.2925 (5), 118.294 (1) (am), 118.294 (2), 118.294 (4) (a), 146.615 (1) (a), 146.82 (3) (a), 146.89 (1) (r) 1., 146.89 (6), 154.01 (1g), 252.07 (8) (a) 2., 252.07 (9) (c), 252.10 (7), 252.11 (2), 252.11 (4), 252.11 (5), 252.11 (7), 252.11 (10), 252.15 (3m) (d) 11. b. and 13., (5g) (c), (5m) (d) 2. and (e) 2. and 3. and (7m) (intro.) and (b), 252.16 (3) (c) (intro.), 252.17 (3) (c) (intro.), 253.07 (4) (d), 253.115 (4), 253.115 (7) (a) (intro.), 253.15 (2), 255.06 (2) (d), 255.07 (1) (d), 257.01 (5) (a), 257.01 (5) (b), 341.14 (1a), 341.14 (1e) (a), 341.14 (1m), 341.14 (1q), 343.16 (5) (a), 343.51 (1), 343.62 (4) (a) 4., 440.077 (1) (a), 440.077 (2) (c), 440.094 (1) (c) 1., 440.094 (2) (a) (intro.), 440.981 (1), 440.982 (1), 440.987 (2), 441.01 (3), 441.01 (4), 441.01 (7) (a) (intro.), 441.01 (7) (b), 441.06 (3), 441.06 (4), 441.07 (1g) (intro.), (a), (c) and (e), 441.07 (2), 441.10 (7), 441.18 (2) (a) (intro.), 441.18 (2) (b), 441.18 (3), 448.03 (2) (a), 448.035 (2) to (4), 448.56 (1) and (1m) (b), 448.62 (2m), 448.67 (2), 448.956 (1m), 450.01 (16) (h) 2., 450.01 (16) (hr) 2., 450.03 (1) (e), 450.11 (1g) (b), 450.11 (1i) (a) 1., 450.11 (1i) (b) 2. b., 450.11 (7) (b), 450.11 (8) (e), 450.13 (5) (b), 450.135 (7) (b), 462.04, 655.001 (7t), 655.002 (1) (a), 655.002 (1) (b), 655.002 (1) (c), 655.002 (1) (d), 655.002 (1) (e), 655.002 (1) (em), 655.002 (2) (a), 655.002 (2) (b), 655.003 (1), 655.003 (3), 655.005 (2) (a), 655.005 (2) (b), 655.23 (5m), 655.27 (3) (a) 4., 655.27 (3) (b) 2m., 655.275 (2), 655.275 (5) (b) 2., 895.478 (3m), 961.01 (19) (a) and 961.395; to repeal and recreate 118.2915 (1) (a), 155.01 (1g) (b), 251.01 (1c) and 441.06 (title); to create 253.115 (1) (f), 253.13 (1) (a), 253.15 (1) (em), 255.06 (1) (f) 2., 440.03 (13) (b) 39m., 440.08 (2) (a) 47r., 441.001 (1c), 441.001 (3c), 441.001 (3g), 441.001 (3n), 441.001 (3r), 441.001 (3w), 441.001 (5), 441.01 (7) (c), 441.065, 441.07 (1r), 441.09, 441.092 and 655.001 (1g) of the statutes; Relating to: advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE), is a 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session) House bill sponsored by Deb Andraca (Democratic), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Brienne Brown (Democratic) and 19 others; status signed, last action 2025-09-09 (Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Wisconsin AB257
- State: Wisconsin
- Session: 2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)
- Title: An Act to repeal 50.01 (1b), 77.54 (14) (f) 3., 118.2925 (1) (b), 118.294 (1) (a), 146.89 (1) (r) 8., 252.01 (1c), 440.03 (13) (b) 3., 440.03 (13) (b) 42., 440.08 (2) (a) 4m., 440.08 (2) (a) 50., 441.11 (title), 441.11 (1), 441.11 (3), 441.15, 441.16, 441.19, 448.035 (1) (a), 450.01 (1m) and 655.001 (9); to renumber 655.001 (1); to renumber and amend 146.89 (1) (r) 3., 253.13 (1), 255.06 (1) (d), 441.06 (7) and 441.11 (2); to amend 29.193 (1m) (a) 2. (intro.), 29.193 (2) (b) 2., 29.193 (2) (c) 3., 29.193 (2) (cd) 2. b., 29.193 (2) (cd) 2. c., 29.193 (2) (e), 29.193 (3) (a), 45.40 (1g) (a), 46.03 (44), 50.08 (2), 50.09 (1) (a) (intro.), 50.09 (1) (f) 1., 50.09 (1) (h), 50.09 (1) (k), 50.49 (1) (b) (intro.), 51.41 (1d) (b) 4., 70.47 (8) (intro.), 77.54 (14) (f) 4., 97.59, 106.30 (1), 118.15 (3) (a), 118.25 (1) (a), 118.29 (1) (e), 118.2915 (2) (a), 118.2915 (3) (a), 118.2915 (4) (c), 118.2915 (6) (a) (intro.), 118.2915 (6) (a) 2., 118.2915 (6) (a) 3., 118.2925 (3), 118.2925 (4) (c), 118.2925 (5), 118.294 (1) (am), 118.294 (2), 118.294 (4) (a), 146.615 (1) (a), 146.82 (3) (a), 146.89 (1) (r) 1., 146.89 (6), 154.01 (1g), 252.07 (8) (a) 2., 252.07 (9) (c), 252.10 (7), 252.11 (2), 252.11 (4), 252.11 (5), 252.11 (7), 252.11 (10), 252.15 (3m) (d) 11. b. and 13., (5g) (c), (5m) (d) 2. and (e) 2. and 3. and (7m) (intro.) and (b), 252.16 (3) (c) (intro.), 252.17 (3) (c) (intro.), 253.07 (4) (d), 253.115 (4), 253.115 (7) (a) (intro.), 253.15 (2), 255.06 (2) (d), 255.07 (1) (d), 257.01 (5) (a), 257.01 (5) (b), 341.14 (1a), 341.14 (1e) (a), 341.14 (1m), 341.14 (1q), 343.16 (5) (a), 343.51 (1), 343.62 (4) (a) 4., 440.077 (1) (a), 440.077 (2) (c), 440.094 (1) (c) 1., 440.094 (2) (a) (intro.), 440.981 (1), 440.982 (1), 440.987 (2), 441.01 (3), 441.01 (4), 441.01 (7) (a) (intro.), 441.01 (7) (b), 441.06 (3), 441.06 (4), 441.07 (1g) (intro.), (a), (c) and (e), 441.07 (2), 441.10 (7), 441.18 (2) (a) (intro.), 441.18 (2) (b), 441.18 (3), 448.03 (2) (a), 448.035 (2) to (4), 448.56 (1) and (1m) (b), 448.62 (2m), 448.67 (2), 448.956 (1m), 450.01 (16) (h) 2., 450.01 (16) (hr) 2., 450.03 (1) (e), 450.11 (1g) (b), 450.11 (1i) (a) 1., 450.11 (1i) (b) 2. b., 450.11 (7) (b), 450.11 (8) (e), 450.13 (5) (b), 450.135 (7) (b), 462.04, 655.001 (7t), 655.002 (1) (a), 655.002 (1) (b), 655.002 (1) (c), 655.002 (1) (d), 655.002 (1) (e), 655.002 (1) (em), 655.002 (2) (a), 655.002 (2) (b), 655.003 (1), 655.003 (3), 655.005 (2) (a), 655.005 (2) (b), 655.23 (5m), 655.27 (3) (a) 4., 655.27 (3) (b) 2m., 655.275 (2), 655.275 (5) (b) 2., 895.478 (3m), 961.01 (19) (a) and 961.395; to repeal and recreate 118.2915 (1) (a), 155.01 (1g) (b), 251.01 (1c) and 441.06 (title); to create 253.115 (1) (f), 253.13 (1) (a), 253.15 (1) (em), 255.06 (1) (f) 2., 440.03 (13) (b) 39m., 440.08 (2) (a) 47r., 441.001 (1c), 441.001 (3c), 441.001 (3g), 441.001 (3n), 441.001 (3r), 441.001 (3w), 441.001 (5), 441.01 (7) (c), 441.065, 441.07 (1r), 441.09, 441.092 and 655.001 (1g) of the statutes; Relating to: advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-05-12
- Last action: 2025-09-09, Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Sponsors: Deb Andraca (Democratic), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Brienne Brown (Democratic), Angelina Cruz (Democratic), Ben DeSmidt (Democratic), Jodi Emerson (Democratic), Rick Gundrum (Republican), Alex Joers (Democratic), Rob Kreibich (Republican), Tony Kurtz (Republican), Dave Maxey (Republican), David Murphy (Republican), Jerry O'Connor (Republican), Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (Democratic), Priscilla Prado (Democratic), Jessie Rodriguez (Republican), John Spiros (Republican), Shelia Stubbs (Democratic), Lisa Subeck (Democratic), Ron Tusler (Republican), Randy Udell (Democratic), Chuck Wichgers (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 22
- Subjects: Drugs, Hospitals and health care facilities, Medical malpractice, Medical service -- Occupations, Nurses
- Touches household money: yes
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 31

## Summary

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## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Nurses expand sexual infection treatment options: benefit, medium. Authorized advanced practice nurses can provide partner treatment for patients with chlamydia, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis. The sexual contact must have allowed the infection to pass between the patient and partner. Nurses must try to obtain the partner's name; prescriptions need known names and a…
- Advanced nurses certify parking and driving: benefit, low. Licensed advanced nurses can provide specified disabled-parking tests, evaluations, and reports. Nurses licensed in any state can certify walking-limiting disabilities for covered parking cards and plates; card statements identify temporary or permanent disabilities. Plate certification is submitte…
- Advanced nurses handle more long-term care: benefit, low. Advanced nurses gain recognized roles in nursing-home care and resident-rights records. Authorized prescribers are included in boxed-warning notices for specified psychiatric drugs prescribed to residents with degenerative brain disorders. Nurses can also handle resident communications, medical exc…
- Nurses can provide health department certifications: benefit, low. People submitting certifications under Wisconsin laws 252.16(3) or 252.17(3) can obtain them from advanced practice registered nurses. Physicians and physician assistants remain eligible to provide these certifications. Each certification must address the matters required by the applicable law.
- Nurse letters unlock telephone assessment hearings: benefit, low. Ill or disabled property owners can use a Wisconsin-licensed advanced practice nurse's letter to qualify for telephone assessment hearings. The letter must confirm the owner's illness or disability. Physician and physician assistant letters remain alternatives. This changes access to local board-of…
- Families can use nurse school excuses: benefit, low. School attendance officers can accept requested medical proof from advanced practice nurses or qualifying registered nurses. The child must be temporarily unable to attend because of a physical or mental condition. The child must be expected to return when the condition improves or ends. A written…
- Nurses gain protection for driving decisions: benefit, low. Wisconsin-licensed advanced practice nurses have civil immunity for good-faith reports to the transportation department about conditions affecting vehicle control. Protection also covers good-faith decisions not to report when the nurse judges that the condition does not impair vehicle control. Thi…
- Nurse anesthetists gain a practice exemption: benefit, low. Licensed advanced nurses with the certified registered nurse anesthetist specialty are exempt from a specified medical-practice restriction. The exemption also covers nurse anesthetists performing official duties for the U.S. armed services or federal health services.
- Nurse care teams gain delegation safeguards: benefit, low. Advanced practice registered nurses can delegate tasks or orders to clinically trained health workers. The work must fit the nurse's scope, and the nurse must be competent to perform or order it. The nurse needs reasonable evidence that the worker is at least minimally competent for that situation.…
- Nurses support school emergency medicine access: benefit, low. Advanced practice nurses with prescribing authority can approve school asthma plans and provide emergency medicine orders and protocols. Covered medicines include bronchodilators, epinephrine, and undesignated glucagon. School staff can administer them through the required school plans and protocol…
- Patients gain nurse tuberculosis medicine access: benefit, low. Advanced practice nurses with prescribing authority can dispense tuberculosis drugs purchased by the state health department. The drugs must be needed to treat Mycobacterium tuberculosis and funded through the specified public-health appropriation. This adds nurses to existing dispensing channels,…
- Rural nurse training qualifies for reimbursement: benefit, low. The state provides up to $25,000 per fiscal year for specialized training of qualifying women's health nurse clinicians. Eligible clinicians include qualifying registered nurses and advanced practice nurses. Training covers rural colposcopy examinations and follow-up activities for cervical cancer…
- Volunteer nurses get malpractice insurance relief: benefit, low. Advanced practice registered nurses qualify as volunteer health care providers under Wisconsin law. While serving in that role, they do not need malpractice insurance and satisfy applicable statutory coverage requirements. Certain registered nurses with multistate licenses also qualify when providi…
- Employment grants include minority advanced practice nurses: benefit, low. The existing $31,500 annual grant allocation can support community employment of licensed advanced practice nurses who are racial minorities. Specified registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and physician assistants also remain covered. The amount is the total yearly program allocation, not…
- Nurses face stricter titles and penalties: cost, medium. Practicing as an advanced nurse or using that title requires a license, subject to the law's emergency and transition exceptions. Specialty titles require the matching designation, subject to the stated emergency exception. Nursing license holders need legal or credential authority for other titles…
- Food handlers pay for required exams: cost, low. Local health officers or state agriculture department officers can designate an advanced nurse to examine food handlers during an investigation. This also covers people suspected of handling food. The person examined pays any examination expense; the law does not set a fee.
- Advanced nurses gain limited prescribing authority: mixed, medium. The law replaces separate nursing prescription certificates with prescribing authority through advanced practice nurse licenses. Existing certificate holders receive licenses with matching specialties through the transition. Board rules can restrict drugs or devices, and a license marked as nonpres…
- Advanced nurses get separate Wisconsin licenses: mixed, medium. The law creates advanced practice registered nurse licenses for nurse-midwives, nurse anesthetists, clinical nurse specialists, and nurse practitioners. Applicants need a qualifying nursing license, approved graduate or postgraduate training, national certification, malpractice coverage, and paymen…
- Advanced nurses need malpractice coverage: mixed, medium. All advanced nurses must continuously maintain malpractice coverage, either personally or through individual coverage under a group policy. Coverage must meet statutory amounts used for physicians and nurse anesthetists. Independently qualified nurses working outside collaborative or employment rel…
- Experienced nurses gain independent practice options: mixed, medium. Advanced nurses generally must collaborate with a physician or dentist unless the Board of Nursing verifies their independent-practice qualifications. They need 3,840 clinical nursing hours and 3,840 hours in their advanced role, each spanning at least 24 months. During the advanced-role hours, a c…
- Nurse-midwives gain simpler licensing, birth safeguards: mixed, medium. Existing nurse-midwife license holders automatically receive advanced practice nurse licenses with the certified nurse-midwife specialty. That specialty requires current American Midwifery Certification Board certification. These nurses can practice midwifery and use the licensed-midwife title with…
- Nurses can report unsafe driving conditions: mixed, low. Wisconsin-licensed advanced nurses can report a patient's name and relevant health information to the state transportation department without informed consent. The nurse must judge that a physical or mental condition affects the patient's ability to control a vehicle safely. This gives the departme…
- Advanced nurses expand overdose medicine access: mixed, low. Advanced nurses with prescribing authority can prescribe or deliver opioid-overdose reversal medicine. They must ensure recipients have or can provide safe-use knowledge and training, including for people receiving the medicine onward. Pharmacists can deliver the medicine through these nurses' pres…
- Advanced nurses expand partner infection treatment: mixed, low. Advanced nurses with prescribing authority can provide expedited partner therapy for chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis. Prescriptions identify partners when known or use “EPT” when their details are unknown. Required information sheets explain treatment, drug allergies, and whom to contact w…
- Advanced nurses expand referrals and imaging: mixed, low. Advanced nurses can provide written physical therapy referrals, and the examining board must set care-continuity rules for therapists receiving them. Their written referrals also qualify for specified athletic training in outpatient rehabilitation. Nurses can provide nonsurgical services under a po…
- Advanced nurses handle HIV exposure disclosures: mixed, low. Advanced nurses can make written findings of significant HIV exposure based on information provided to them. They can participate in specified testing and disclosures, including disclosures involving deceased people with positive HIV tests. Reporting a significantly exposed person to the state epid…
- Advanced nurses join disease-control proceedings: mixed, low. Advanced nurses can provide court statements that a person has infectious or suspected tuberculosis. A treating nurse can concur when health officials find treatment complete or the person no longer a substantial threat, ending confinement. Nurses also join examination, treatment, observation, repo…
- Advanced nurses face new renewal requirements: mixed, low. Advanced practice nurse licenses renew on March 1 of each even-numbered year. Nurses must complete at least 16 contact hours every two years in clinical pharmacology or therapeutics related to their work. They must also complete the nursing workforce survey to the Board of Nursing's satisfaction. R…
- Nurses face requirements but share renewal fees: mixed, low. Wisconsin advanced practice registered nurses must complete at least 16 hours of relevant pharmacology or therapeutics education every two years. They must keep malpractice insurance at the required statutory coverage levels. Proof is required at initial licensing, renewal, and whenever the Board o…
- Advanced nurses can lead more teamwork: mixed, low. Advanced nurses can delegate tasks or orders to clinically trained health care workers. The task must be within the nurse's scope, and the nurse must be competent to perform or order it. The nurse must have reasonable evidence that the worker has the minimum competence needed. Advanced nurses can a…
- Midwife births require plans and newborn checks: mixed, low. Certified nurse-midwives with advanced practice licenses need board-approved care plans before offering births outside hospitals. They must keep plans current and follow them when care needs exceed their scope, including hospital or physician coordination. Birth-attending midwives must ensure heari…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Deb Andraca (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Elijah Behnke (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Brienne Brown (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Angelina Cruz (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Ben DeSmidt (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Jodi Emerson (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Rick Gundrum (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Alex Joers (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Rob Kreibich (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Tony Kurtz (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Dave Maxey (Republican), House
- Sponsor: David Murphy (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Jerry O'Connor (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Priscilla Prado (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Jessie Rodriguez (Republican), House
- Sponsor: John Spiros (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Shelia Stubbs (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Lisa Subeck (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Ron Tusler (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Randy Udell (Democratic), House
- Sponsor: Chuck Wichgers (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Tim Carpenter (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Ryan Clancy (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Kristin Dassler-Alfheim (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jodi Habush Sinykin (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Dianne Hesselbein (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jenna Jacobson (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: André Jacque (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Sarah Keyeski (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joel Kitchens (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Devin LeMahieu (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Darrin Madison (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Howard Marklein (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Clint Moses (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Romaine Quinn (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Kelda Roys (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Jeff Smith (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Lee Snodgrass (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Patrick Testin (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Robyn Vining (Democratic), House

## Actions (40)

- 2025-09-09: Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-08-11: Published 8-9-2025 (House)
- 2025-08-11: Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 17 (House)
- 2025-08-07: Presented to the Governor on 8-7-2025 (House)
- 2025-06-23: Report correctly enrolled on 6-23-2025 (House)
- 2025-06-19: Fiscal estimate received (House)
- 2025-06-19: Received from Senate concurred in (House)
- 2025-06-18: Ordered immediately messaged (Senate)
- 2025-06-18: Read a third time and concurred in (Senate)
- 2025-06-18: Rules suspended to give bill its third reading (Senate)
- 2025-06-18: Ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2025-06-18: Read a second time (Senate)
- 2025-06-18: Rules suspended and taken up (Senate)
- 2025-06-18: Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor (Senate)
- 2025-06-18: Received from Assembly (Senate)
- 2025-06-18: Ordered immediately messaged (House)
- 2025-06-18: Read a third time and passed (House)
- 2025-06-18: Rules suspended (House)
- 2025-06-18: Ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2025-06-18: Read a second time (House)
- 2025-06-16: Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 6-18-2025 (House)
- 2025-06-06: Referred to committee on Rules (House)
- 2025-06-06: Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0 (House)
- 2025-06-06: Fiscal estimate received (House)
- 2025-06-04: Executive action taken (House)
- 2025-06-04: Representative Moses added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-05-30: Representative Snodgrass added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-05-30: Fiscal estimate received (House)
- 2025-05-29: Senators James and Larson added as cosponsors (House)
- 2025-05-20: Representative Madison added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-05-19: Representative Clancy added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-05-15: Representative Vining added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-05-14: Public hearing held (House)
- 2025-05-14: Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor (House)
- 2025-05-13: Fiscal estimate received (House)
- 2025-05-13: Representatives McCarville, Miresse, Goeben and Knodl added as coauthors (House)
- 2025-05-13: Senator Jacque added as a cosponsor (House)
- 2025-05-12: Representatives Donovan and Palmeri added as coauthors (House)
- 2025-05-12: Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care (House)
- 2025-05-12: Introduced by Representatives Kurtz, Subeck, Rodriguez, Andraca, Behnke, Brown, Cruz, DeSmidt, Emerson, Gundrum, Joers, Kreibich, Maxey, Murphy, O'Connor, Ortiz-Velez, Prado, Spiros, Stubbs, Tusler, Udell and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Cabral-Guevara, Roys, Dassler-Alfheim, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, LeMahieu, Marklein, Quinn, Ratcliff, Smith and Spreitzer (House)

## Bill text

- Bill Text: [HTML](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB257), [PDF](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB257.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Bill Text (HTML)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB257)
- [Bill Text (PDF)](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB257.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/WI-AB257-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).