LRB-5469/1
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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
January 18, 2022 - Introduced by Representatives Penterman, Dittrich, Edming,
Murphy, Mursau, Wichgers and Knodl, cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga
and Stroebel. Referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform.
AB857,1,2
1An Act to amend 440.07 (title); and
to create 440.07 (4) of the statutes;
relating
2to: examinations required for obtaining a credential.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits the Department of Safety and Professional Services and the
examining boards attached to DSPS from requiring the passage of an examination
as a condition for obtaining a credential, other than examinations that are required
at the time the bill is enacted, unless a subsequent law specifically authorizes DSPS
or an examining board to require passage of the examination.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB857,1
3Section
1. 440.07 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB857,1,4
4440.07 (title)
Examination standards
and, services, and requirements.
AB857,2
5Section
2. 440.07 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB857,2,36
440.07
(4) Neither the department nor any credentialing board or other board
7in the department may require the passage of an examination as a condition for
8obtaining a credential, other than an examination that is required on the effective
1date of this subsection .... [LRB inserts date], unless a subsequent law specifically
2authorizes requiring passage of the examination as a condition for obtaining the
3credential.
