Relating to: consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)
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2026
Mar 20Published 3-21-2026Latest
Mar 20Report approved by the Governor Tony Evers on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 115Became Law
Mar 20Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
Mar 19Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
Mar 19Presented to the Governor on 3-19-2026To Governor
Mar 18Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2026Minor
Mar 18LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 3)
Mar 18Received from Senate concurred inMinor
Mar 17Ordered immediately messaged
Vote recorded CONCURRENCE. Result: pass.Upper
Mar 17Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
Mar 17Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 28, Noes 5Passed Senate
Mar 17Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
Mar 17Ordered to a third readingMinor
Mar 17Read a second timeMinor
Mar 16Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor
Vote recorded Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2. Result: pass.Upper
Mar 16Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Mar 16Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
Mar 6Representative Brown added as a coauthor
Feb 25Available for scheduling
Feb 25Read first time and referred to committee on Senate OrganizationMinor
Feb 23Received from AssemblyMinor
Feb 19Ordered immediately messaged
Vote recorded PASSAGE. Result: pass.Lower
Feb 19Read a third time and passed, Ayes 77, Noes 18Passed Assembly
Feb 19Rules suspended
Feb 19Ordered to a third readingMinor
Feb 19Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adoptedMajor
Feb 19Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative SnyderMinor
Feb 19Read a second timeMinor
Feb 18Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative NeubauerMinor
Feb 17Made a special order of business at 1:22 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13
Feb 17Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative SnyderMinor
Feb 16Representative Sheehan withdrawn as a coauthorMajor
Feb 13Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026Minor
Jan 21Referred to committee on RulesMinor
Vote recorded Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1. Result: pass.Lower
Vote recorded Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 12, Noes 3. Result: pass.Lower
Vote recorded Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1. Result: pass.Lower
Jan 21Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 12, Noes 3Minor
Jan 21Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1Minor
Jan 21Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1Minor
Jan 21Executive action taken
Jan 21Representative Stroud withdrawn as a coauthorMajor
Jan 16Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative SnyderMinor
Jan 14Representative Johnson withdrawn as a coauthorMajor
Jan 14Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative SnyderMinor
Jan 13Representative Prado withdrawn as a coauthorMajor
Jan 7Fiscal estimate receivedMinor
Jan 6Representative Roe withdrawn as a coauthorMajor
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Dec 17Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a coauthorMajor
Nov 12Representative Moses added as a coauthor
Nov 12Public hearing held
Oct 29Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term CareMinor
Oct 29Introduced by Representatives Snyder, Subeck, Dittrich, Donovan, Doyle, Goodwin, Gundrum, Hurd, Johnson, Knodl, Kreibich, Kurtz, McCarville, Melotik, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Palmeri, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Rodriguez, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud, Stubbs, Swearingen and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, James and QuinnIntroduced