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SB578 • 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

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Senators Wimberger, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, James and Quinn, cosponsored 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
Last action
2026-03-23
Official status
S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-23 Sen.

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. 2026-03-19 Sen.

    Senator Smith added as a coauthor

  3. 2026-03-19 Sen.

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  4. 2026-03-19 Sen.

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  5. 2026-03-16 Sen.

    Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor

  6. 2026-03-06 Sen.

    Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

  7. 2026-02-17 Sen.

    Representative Sheehan withdrawn as a cosponsor

  8. 2026-01-21 Sen.

    Representative Stroud withdrawn as a cosponsor

  9. 2026-01-20 Sen.

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Wimberger

  10. 2026-01-14 Sen.

    Representative Johnson withdrawn as a cosponsor

  11. 2026-01-14 Sen.

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wimberger

  12. 2026-01-13 Sen.

    Representative Prado withdrawn as a cosponsor

  13. 2026-01-06 Sen.

    Representative Roe withdrawn as a cosponsor

  14. 2025-12-17 Sen.

    Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a cosponsor

  15. 2025-12-04 Sen.

    Fiscal estimate received

  16. 2025-11-12 Sen.

    Representative Moses added as a cosponsor

  17. 2025-11-11 Sen.

    Executive action taken

  18. 2025-11-11 Sen.

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health , Ayes 4, Noes 1

  19. 2025-11-11 Sen.

    Available for scheduling

  20. 2025-11-05 Sen.

    Public hearing held

  21. 2025-10-24 Sen.

    Introduced by Senators Wimberger , Cabral-Guevara , Feyen , James and Quinn ; cosponsored 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

  22. 2025-10-24 Sen.

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

Official Summary Text

consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement
Status: S - Hold (Available for Scheduling)