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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.
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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.
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15.405 (7g) (byECTION 1m) takes effect on September 1, 2026.Y.
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