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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

consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
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
Last action
2026-03-20
Official status
A - Enacted into Law
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-20 Asm.

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  2. 2026-03-20 Asm.

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 115

  3. 2026-03-20 Asm.

    Published 3-21-2026

  4. 2026-03-19 Asm.

    Presented to the Governor on 3-19-2026

  5. 2026-03-19 Asm.

    Representative Emerson added as a coauthor

  6. 2026-03-18 Asm.

    Received from Senate concurred in

  7. 2026-03-18 Asm.

    LRB correction ( Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 )

  8. 2026-03-18 Asm.

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2026

  9. 2026-03-17 Sen.

    Read a second time

  10. 2026-03-17 Sen.

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. 2026-03-17 Sen.

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  12. 2026-03-17 Sen.

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 28, Noes 5

  13. 2026-03-17 Sen.

    Senator Smith added as a cosponsor

  14. 2026-03-17 Sen.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. 2026-03-16 Sen.

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization , pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m) , Ayes 3, Noes 2

  16. 2026-03-16 Sen.

    Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  17. 2026-03-16 Sen.

    Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  18. 2026-03-06 Sen.

    Representative Brown added as a coauthor

  19. 2026-02-25 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  20. 2026-02-25 Sen.

    Available for scheduling

  21. 2026-02-23 Sen.

    Received from Assembly

  22. 2026-02-19 Asm.

    Read a second time

  23. 2026-02-19 Asm.

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Snyder

  24. 2026-02-19 Asm.

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adopted

  25. 2026-02-19 Asm.

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. 2026-02-19 Asm.

    Rules suspended

  27. 2026-02-19 Asm.

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 77, Noes 18

  28. 2026-02-19 Asm.

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. 2026-02-18 Asm.

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Neubauer

  30. 2026-02-17 Asm.

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder

  31. 2026-02-17 Asm.

    Made a special order of business at 1:22 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13

  32. 2026-02-16 Asm.

    Representative Sheehan withdrawn as a coauthor

  33. 2026-02-13 Asm.

    Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

  34. 2026-01-21 Asm.

    Representative Stroud withdrawn as a coauthor

  35. 2026-01-21 Asm.

    Executive action taken

  36. 2026-01-21 Asm.

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care , Ayes 14, Noes 1

  37. 2026-01-21 Asm.

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care , Ayes 14, Noes 1

  38. 2026-01-21 Asm.

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care , Ayes 12, Noes 3

  39. 2026-01-21 Asm.

    Referred to committee on Rules

  40. 2026-01-16 Asm.

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Snyder

  41. 2026-01-14 Asm.

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder

  42. 2026-01-14 Asm.

    Representative Johnson withdrawn as a coauthor

  43. 2026-01-13 Asm.

    Representative Prado withdrawn as a coauthor

  44. 2026-01-07 Asm.

    Fiscal estimate received

  45. 2026-01-06 Asm.

    Representative Roe withdrawn as a coauthor

  46. 2025-12-17 Asm.

    Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a coauthor

  47. 2025-11-12 Asm.

    Public hearing held

  48. 2025-11-12 Asm.

    Representative Moses added as a coauthor

  49. 2025-10-29 Asm.

    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

  50. 2025-10-29 Asm.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

Official Summary Text

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