Senate Committee Passes AB 181 3-2

The Senate Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs Committee voted to recommend passage of AB 181 with a 3-2 vote on Tuesday. This followed a public hearing in which A-E Joint Board Vice Chair Rosheen Styczinski testified on the bill on behalf of the Board.

Senate Committee Hearing, December 04, 2007

Senate

PUBLIC HEARING
Committee on Labor, Elections and Urban Affairs

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The committee will hold a public hearing on the following items at the time specified below:

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

11:00 AM

330 Southwest

State Capitol

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Assembly Bill 181
Relating to: continuing education for architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers of engineering systems, and land surveyors.
By Representatives Wieckert, A. Ott, Mursau, Albers, Van Roy, Townsend and Bies; cosponsored by Senators Lassa and Cowles.

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Bill Passes Assembly and Sent to Senate

Tuesday, October 30, 2007, AB 181 passed on a voice vote in the Wisconsin Senate and was immediately sent to the Senate.

For a history of the bill, check: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/AB181hst.html

Bill sent to Assembly Floor for vote on 10/30/07

10-24-07. A. Placed on calendar 10-30-2007 by committee on Rules.

Please contact your assembly representatives to let them know your position on this bill. As a reminder, this is enabling legislation... it does not set any requirements for any profession. The requirements and logistics will be set through the rules process for each profession of the Joint Board.

Committee Vote 9-0

In executive session on May 30, 2007 the Committee on Labor and Industry voted 9-0 to send AB 191 to the full Assembly.

Contact Committee Members to move AB 181 out of Committee

AB 181 Relating to the requirements for Continuing Professional Competency

We need support to contact the Committee on Labor and Industry to vote the bill out of Committee and onto the Assembly floor. The committee is scheduled to meet on May 30, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. All contacts should be made prior to this meeting.

Here is some information on contacts

Committee on Labor and Industry
Representative Mark Honadel, chair
Room 113 West
State Capitol
P.O. Box 8952
Madison, WI 53708
Telephone: (608) 266-0610 Or (888) 534-0021
Fax: (608) 282-3621
Email: Rep.Honadel@legis.wisconsin.gov

Representative Mark Gottlieb, vice-chair and AB 69 Sponsor
Room 309 North
State Capitol
P.O. Box 8952
Madison, WI 53708
Telephone: (608) 267-2369 Or (888) 534-0060
Fax: (608) 282-3660
Email: Rep.Gottlieb@legis.wisconsin.gov

Representative Stephen Nass
Room 12 West
State Capitol
P.O. Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708
Telephone: (608) 266-5715 Or (888) 529-0031
Fax: (608) 282-3631
Email: Rep.Nass@legis.wisconsin.gov

Representative Steve Wieckert, sponsor AB 181
Room 16 West
State Capitol
P.O. Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708
Telephone: (608) 266-3070
Fax: (608) 282-3657
Email: Rep.Wieckert@legis.wisconsin.gov

Representative Scott Newcomer
Room 19 North
State Capitol
P.O. Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708
Telephone: (608) 266-3007 Or (888) 529-0033
Fax: (608) 282-3633
Email: Rep.Newcomer@legis.wisconsin.gov

Representative John Murtha
Room 304 North
State Capitol
P.O. Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708
Telephone: (608) 266-7683
Email: Rep.Murtha@legis.wisconsin.gov

Representative Thomas Nelson
Room 5 North
State Capitol
P.O. Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708
Telephone: (608) 266-2418 Or (888) 534-0005
Fax: (608) 282-3605
Email: Rep.Nelson@legis.wisconsin.gov

Representative Michael Sheridan
Room 9 North
State Capitol
P.O. Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708
Telephone: (608) 266-7503 Or (888) 947-0044
Fax: (608) 282-3644
Email: Rep.Sheridan@legis.wisconsin.gov

Representative Terry Van Akkeren
Room 220 North
State Capitol
P.O. Box 8953
Madison, WI 53708
Telephone: (608) 266-0656
Fax: (608) 282-3626
Email: Rep.VanAkkeren@legis.wisconsin.gov

Executive Session Scheduled

May 30th
1:00 p.m.
Room 225-NW
State Capitol

At this time the Assembly Labor and Industry Committee may vote on the bill, which provides a recommendation to the full Assembly. This meeting does not involve public comment. More information is below including a link to the bill.

AB-181. (Wieckert) Continuing education for architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers of engineering systems and land surveyors.

Hanson Testimony at Labor and Industry Committee Hearing

Testimony

Assembly

PUBLIC HEARING

Committee on Labor and Industry


Wednesday, May 2, 2007
11:00 AM
225 Northwest
State Capitol

Assembly Bill 181

Martin J. Hanson, PE
Joint Board of Architects, Landscape Architects,
Professional Engineers, Designers & Land Surveyors--Chairman
Professional Engineers Section--Chairman

Committee on Labor and Industry

• Representative Honadel, chair,
• Representative Gottlieb, vice-chair
• Representatives Nass, Wieckert, Newcomer, Murtha, Nelson, Sheridan and Van Akkeren, members
  

Chairman Honadel and honorable members of the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Labor and Industry:

Hello, my name is Marty Hanson and I am the chairperson of the Examining Board of Architects, Landscape Architects, Professional Engineers, Designers, and Land Surveyors, which is also known as the A-E Joint Board.

The A-E Joint Board supports AB 181, which would grant the Joint Board the statutory authority to implement rule-making to require continuing education for the professions regulated by the Board. Legislative oversight would still exist through the rulemaking process.

Wisconsin is one of only a few remaining states that do not require continuing education, or Continued Professional Competency (CPC) as it is more often recently referred to. Establishing a requirement for professionals to become involved in activities that assist them keep pace and informed with changes in technology, research, and professional ethics will be a further step in the board’s mission to protect public health safety and welfare.

The A-E Joint Board is requesting that they be allowed the ability to initiate rulemaking to require continuing education for the professions that they regulate. Each section of the Joint Board will deliberate specific requirements for their respective discipline.

The A-E Joint Board is in support of this legislation.

I appreciate your time and request your support of AB 181.

Thank you.

Martin J. Hanson, PE

Bill Status

AB181
ASSEMBLY BILL 181
An Act to create 443.015 of the statutes; relating to: continuing education for architects, landscape architects, professional engineers, designers of engineering systems, and land surveyors.
2007

• 03-19-07. A. Introduced by Representatives Wieckert, A. Ott, Mursau, Albers, Van Roy, Townsend and Bies; cosponsored by Senators Lassa and Cowles.
• 03-19-07. A. Read first time and referred to committee on Labor and Industry .......... 100
• 05-02-07. A. Public hearing held.

Text of Bill

Full text of the bill as introduced:

http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/AB-181.pdf