Date of enactment:
2023 Assembly Bill 201 Date of publication*:
2023 WISCONSIN ACT
AN ACT to create 440.085 of the statutes; relating to: publication of credential metrics.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in
senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This bill
was prepared for the Joint Legislative Council’s Study Com-
mittee on Occupational Licenses.
The bill requires the Department of Safety and Profes-
sional Services (DSPS) to post and update the following infor-
mation on its website each month, for each credential:
The median number of days from the day that all
required fees for an initial, renewal, or reciprocal application
are submitted to the date a final determination is made. If a fee
is waived under the veterans fee waiver program, the days
must be counted from the day the application is considered
submitted.
The number of applications submitted for an initial,
renewal, or reciprocal credential over the prior month.
The number of final determinations made on initial,
renewal, and reciprocal credential applications over the prior
month, including the number of applications approved and the
number of applications denied.
The number of initial, renewal, and credential
applications for which more than 45 days have passed since
the applicant submitted all required fees, or, if a fee is waived
under the veterans fee waiver program, applications for which
more than 45 days have passed from the day the application
is considered submitted. DSPS must also report the number
of those applications for which necessary information from
the applicant or a third party is pending, and the number of
those applications that are currently undergoing legal review.
SECTION 1. 440.085 of the statutes is created to read:
440.085 Publication of credential metrics. The
department shall publish on its website and update
monthly the following information with respect to each
credential:
(1) The median number of days from the day that all
required fees for an application for an initial credential,
a credential renewal, or a reciprocal credential are sub-
mitted to the day that a final determination on the applica-
tion is made. If required fees for a credential are waived
pursuant to s. 45.44, the department shall instead include,
for purposes of calculating the median number of days
under this subsection, the number of days from the day
that the application is considered submitted to the day
that a final determination on the application is made.
(2) The number of applications submitted for an ini-
tial credential, a credential renewal, or a reciprocal cre-
dential over the prior month.
(3) The number of final determinations made on
applications for an initial credential, a credential
renewal, or a reciprocal credential over the prior month,
including:
(a) The number of applications approved.
(b) The number of applications denied.
(4) The number of applications submitted for an ini-
tial credential, a credential renewal, or a reciprocal cre-
dential for which more than 45 days have passed since the
applicant submitted all required fees for the application
or, if the required fees are waived pursuant to s. 45.44,
since the applicant is considered to have submitted the
application, including:
* Section 991.11, WISCONSIN STATUTES: Effective date of acts. “Every act and every portion of an act enacted by the legislature over the governor’s
partial veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.” − 2 −2023 Wisconsin Act 2023 Assembly Bill 201
(a) The number of those applications for which nec-
essary information from the applicant or a 3rd party is
pending.
(b) The number of those applications that are cur-
rently undergoing legal review by the department or a
credentialing board.