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AB598 • 2025
consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
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Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
Report approved by the Governor on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 115
Published 3-21-2026
Presented to the Governor on 3-19-2026
Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
Received from Senate concurred in
LRB correction ( Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 )
Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2026
Read a second time
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 28, Noes 5
Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
Ordered immediately messaged
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization , pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m) , Ayes 3, Noes 2
Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor
Representative Brown added as a coauthor
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
Available for scheduling
Received from Assembly
Read a second time
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Snyder
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adopted
Ordered to a third reading
Rules suspended
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 77, Noes 18
Ordered immediately messaged
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Neubauer
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder
Made a special order of business at 1:22 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13
Representative Sheehan withdrawn as a coauthor
Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
Representative Stroud withdrawn as a coauthor
Executive action taken
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care , Ayes 14, Noes 1
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care , Ayes 14, Noes 1
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care , Ayes 12, Noes 3
Referred to committee on Rules
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Snyder
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder
Representative Johnson withdrawn as a coauthor
Representative Prado withdrawn as a coauthor
Fiscal estimate received
Representative Roe withdrawn as a coauthor
Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a coauthor
Public hearing held
Representative Moses added as a coauthor
Introduced 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 Quinn
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement Status: A - Enacted into Law