LRB-4351/1
MPG:wlj
2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
February 18, 2016 - Introduced by Representatives Zamarripa, Mason, Berceau,
Hintz, Johnson, Jorgensen, Kessler, Ohnstad, Pope, Sinicki, Spreitzer,
Subeck, Milroy and C. Taylor, cosponsored by Senators Miller,
L. Taylor
and Harris Dodd. Referred to Committee on Workforce Development.
AJR116,1,3
1Relating to: requiring the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization to
2immediately appoint a committee to study and report on certain impacts of
3professional licensure requirements.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This resolution requires the Joint Committee on Legislative Organization to
immediately appoint a committee consisting of two members of the majority and the
minority parties in the assembly; two members of the majority and the minority
parties in the senate; four representatives of licensed professionals; one
representative of the Department of Safety and Professional Services; and four
representatives of those formerly convicted of a crime.
The committee must study the impact of the fact of an individual's past criminal
conviction on his or her ability to obtain a professional license when the
circumstances of the offense do not substantially relate to the circumstances of the
particular licensed activity. The committee must investigate whether Wisconsin's
professional licensing laws are narrowly tailored to protect the public welfare and
whether they place an undue burden on formerly convicted individuals seeking to
become licensed professionals.
Under the resolution, the committee must deliver its findings to the assembly
and the senate majority and minority leaders and to the cochairpersons of the Joint
Committee on Finance before January 3, 2017.
AJR116,2,15
1Resolved by the assembly, the senate concurring, That the joint committee
2on legislative organization shall immediately appoint a committee consisting of 2
3members of the majority and the minority parties in the assembly; 2 members of the
4majority and the minority parties in the senate; 4 representatives of licensed
5professionals in this state; one representative of the department of safety and
6professional services; and 4 representatives of individuals formerly convicted of a
7crime. The committee shall study the impact of the fact of an individual's past
8criminal conviction on the individual's ability to obtain a professional license in this
9state when the circumstances of the offense do not substantially relate to the
10circumstances of the particular licensed activity. The committee shall investigate
11whether this state's professional licensing laws are narrowly tailored to protect the
12public welfare and whether they place an undue burden on formerly convicted
13individuals seeking professional licenses. The committee shall deliver its findings
14to the assembly and the senate majority and minority leaders and to the
15cochairpersons of the joint committee on finance before January 3, 2017.
