AB 273 Wisconsin Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: the membership of the Controlled Substances Board.

AB 273 amends Wisconsin statute 15.405(5g) to update the membership of the Controlled Substances Board. It adds the secretary of agriculture, trade and consumer protection (or their designee), chairpersons of several medical boards (pharmacy, medical, physician assistant, dentistry, nursing), and two appointed experts (a psychiatrist and pharmacologist) serving 3-year terms. The bill does not change the board's duties but specifies who serves on it. This directly affects the composition of the board, which reviews controlled substances regulations. The change is procedural, focusing on board structure rather than policy.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2025
Committee Review
Oct 2025
Assembly Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Oct 2025
Signed into Law
Dec 2025
Introduced May 19, 2025 Signed Dec 10, 2025
Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
30
Key actions
5
Committee
2
Dec 10, 2025
Signed into law
Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 73
lower
Oct 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read a third time and concurred in
upper
Oct 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
upper
Jun 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed
lower
Jun 20, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0
lower
May 19, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Dittrich, Brill, Franklin, Gundrum, Johnson, Maxey, Moses, O'Connor and Ortiz-Velez; cosponsored by Senator James
lower
9 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors