Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 6 R · 1 D cosponsors

AB 294 — Relating to: membership on the Board of Nursing.

Last action — Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced May 30, 2025. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 90% · high confidence

  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 8 sponsors

    1 primary, 7 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (6 R · 1 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

An Act to amend 15.405 (7g) of the statutes;

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

48 added · 27 removed

Plain-language change summary

The proposed changes to Bill AB 294 adjust the composition of the Board of Nursing. The new version reduces the number of registered nurse members from five to three, adds a certified advanced practice nurse prescriber, and includes a nurse educator. This matters because it aims to diversify the board and ensure that it includes various perspectives, thereby potentially improving the regulation and oversight of nursing practices in the state.

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- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBa0363/1 JPC:ajk ASSEMBLY AMENDMENT 1, TO ASSEMBLY BILL 294 September 2, 2025 - Offered by RepresentatORTWELL .
- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-3272/1 JPC:ads&skw ASSEMBLY BILL 294 May 30, 2025 - Introduced by Representatives S ORTWELL , DITTRICH, GOEBEN , G UNDRUM , K REIBICH, M IRESSE and O'C ONNOR , cosponsored by Senator CABRAL -GUEVARA .
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
Referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
1.
A N A CT to amend 15.405 (7g) of the statutes;
Page 2, line 11:
relating to:
after that line insert:
membership on the Board of Nursing.
XSECTION 1m.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, the Board of Nursing has several powers and duties related to the licensure of nurses and the regulation of the practice of nursing in this state.
15.405 (7g) of the statutes, as affected by 2025 Wisconsin Act ....
The Board of Nursing consists of the following nine members appointed for staggered four-year terms:
(this act), is amended to read:
five currently licensed registered nurses, one currently licensed practical nurse, one individual who is either a licensed registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse, and two public members.
This bill revises the membership of the Board of Nursing to provide that the board consist of three currently licensed registered nurses, one currently licensed practical nurse, one currently certified advanced practice nurse prescriber, one nurse educator, one member who is either a licensed registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse, and two public members.
The bill provides that the two members of the Board of Nursing who were appointed as currently licensed registered nurses whose terms expire the earliest following the effective date of the bill must be replaced by a currently certified advanced practice nurse prescriber and a nurse educator after their terms expire.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
- 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-3272/1 JPC:ads&skw ASSEMBLY BILL 294 SECTION 1 S ECTION 1.
15.405 (7g) of the statutes is amended to read:
3 currently licensed registered nurses under ch.
5 3 currently licensed registered nurses under ch.
one currently certified licensed advanced practice registered nurse prescriber under ch.
one currently certified advanced practice nurse prescriber under ch.
Each registered nurse member shall have graduated from a program in professional - 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRBa0363/1 JPC:ajk nursing and each practical nurse member shall have graduated from a program in practical nursing accredited by the state in which the program was conducted.Y.
Each registered nurse member shall have graduated from a program in professional nursing and each practical nurse member shall have graduated from a program in practical nursing accredited by the state in which the program was conducted.
2.
S ECTION 2.
Page 2, line 17:
Nonstatutory provisions.
after that line insert:
(1) Of the members of the board of nursing who were appointed as currently licensed registered nurses under ch.
XS ECTION 3.
441 pursuant to s.
Effective dates.
15.405 (7g), the position of the 2 such members whose terms expire the earliest following the effective date of this subsection shall be replaced by a currently certified advanced practice nurse prescriber under ch.
This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:
441 and a nurse educator after their terms expire.
(1) The treatment of s.
(END)
15.405 (7g) (byECTION 1m) takes effect on September 1, 2026.Y.
(END )
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Action History

  1. Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  2. Published 12-10-2025

  3. Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 74

  4. Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025

  5. Report correctly enrolled on 10-15-2025

  6. Received from Senate concurred in

  7. Ordered immediately messaged

  8. Read a third time and concurred in

  9. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  10. Ordered to a third reading

  11. Read a second time

  12. Placed on calendar 10-14-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  13. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  14. Available for scheduling

  15. Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  16. Received from Assembly

  17. Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Read a third time and passed

  19. Rules suspended

  20. Ordered to a third reading

  21. Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  22. Read a second time

  23. Representative McCarville added as a coauthor

  24. Withdrawn from Committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 10-7-2025

  25. Referred to committee on Rules

  26. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  27. Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  28. Representatives Subeck and Stubbs added as coauthors

  29. Executive action taken

  30. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Sortwell

  31. Representative Madison added as a coauthor

  32. Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor

  33. Representative Udell added as a coauthor

  34. Public hearing held

  35. Representative Joers added as a coauthor

  36. Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor

  37. Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

  38. Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Dittrich, Goeben, Gundrum, Kreibich, Miresse and O'Connor; cosponsored by Senator Cabral-Guevara

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Not signed on (124)

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 294 do?
An Act to amend 15.405 (7g) of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 294?
AB 294 is sponsored by Cabral-Guevara, Sortwell, Shae (Republican), Dittrich, Barbara (Republican), Goeben, Joy (Republican), Gundrum, Rick (Republican), Kreibich, Rob (Republican), Miresse, Vincent (Democrat), and O'Connor, Jerry (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 294?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced May 30, 2025. It awaits signature.
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