Consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement
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2025-2026 legislature
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Introduced by Representatives Snyder, Subeck, Dittrich, Donovan, Doyle, Goodwin, Gundrum, Hurd, Johnson, Knodl, Kreibich, Kurtz, McCarville, Melotik, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Palmeri, Penterman, Piwow · Oct 29, 2025
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Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care · Oct 29, 2025
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Public hearing held · Nov 12, 2025
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Representative Moses added as a coauthor · Nov 12, 2025
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Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a coauthor · Dec 17, 2025
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Representative Roe withdrawn as a coauthor · Jan 6, 2026
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Fiscal estimate received · Jan 7, 2026
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Representative Prado withdrawn as a coauthor · Jan 13, 2026
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Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder · Jan 14, 2026
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Representative Johnson withdrawn as a coauthor · Jan 14, 2026
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Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Snyder · Jan 16, 2026
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Representative Stroud withdrawn as a coauthor · Jan 21, 2026
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Executive action taken · Jan 21, 2026
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Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1 · Jan 21, 2026
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Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1 · Jan 21, 2026
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Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 12, Noes 3 · Jan 21, 2026
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Referred to committee on Rules · Jan 21, 2026
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Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026 · Feb 13, 2026
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Representative Sheehan withdrawn as a coauthor · Feb 16, 2026
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Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder · Feb 17, 2026
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Made a special order of business at 1:22 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13 · Feb 17, 2026
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Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Neubauer · Feb 18, 2026
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Read a second time · Feb 19, 2026
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Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Snyder · Feb 19, 2026
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Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adopted · Feb 19, 2026
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Ordered to a third reading · Feb 19, 2026
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Rules suspended · Feb 19, 2026
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Read a third time and passed, Ayes 77, Noes 18 · Feb 19, 2026
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Ordered immediately messaged · Feb 19, 2026
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Received from Assembly · Feb 23, 2026
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Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization · Feb 25, 2026
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Available for scheduling · Feb 25, 2026
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Representative Brown added as a coauthor · Mar 6, 2026
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Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 · Mar 16, 2026
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Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1) · Mar 16, 2026
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Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor · Mar 16, 2026
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Read a second time · Mar 17, 2026
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Ordered to a third reading · Mar 17, 2026
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Rules suspended to give bill its third reading · Mar 17, 2026
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Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 28, Noes 5 · Mar 17, 2026
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Senator Smith added as a cosponsor · Mar 17, 2026
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Ordered immediately messaged · Mar 17, 2026
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Received from Senate concurred in · Mar 18, 2026
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LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 3) · Mar 18, 2026
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Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2026 · Mar 18, 2026
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Presented to the Governor on 3-19-2026 · Mar 19, 2026
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Representative Emerson added as a coauthor · Mar 19, 2026
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Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor · Mar 20, 2026
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Report approved by the Governor on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 115 · Mar 20, 2026
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Published 3-21-2026 · Mar 20, 2026
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The numbers
30
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
SnyderSubeckDittrichDonovanDoyleGoodwinGundrumHurdJohnsonKnodlKreibichKurtzMcCarvilleMelotikMursauNovakO'ConnorPalmeriPentermanPiwowarczykPradoRivera-WagnerRodriguezRoeSheehanSinickiStroudStubbsSwearingenWittke
Recorded votes
CONCURRENCESenate · 2026-03-17 · AYES 28, NAYS 5, NOT VOTING 0
PASSAGEAssembly · 2026-02-20 · AYES 77, NAYS 18, NOT VOTING 4, PAIRED 0
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Wisconsin legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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