WI SB442 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Failed on March 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Failed on March 23 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
An Act to create 50.36 (1r) of the statutes; Relating to: requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke in operating rooms. (FE)
Title
Requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke in operating rooms. (FE)
Sponsors
| Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara [R] | Rep. Nate Gustafson [R] | Rep. Joy Goeben [R] | Rep. Rick Gundrum [R] |
| Rep. Jeffrey Mursau [R] | Rep. Christine Sinicki [D] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-23 | Senate | Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 |
| 2025-11-06 | Senate | Fiscal estimate received |
| 2025-10-28 | Senate | Available for scheduling |
| 2025-10-28 | Senate | Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0 |
| 2025-10-28 | Senate | Executive action taken |
| 2025-10-22 | Senate | Public hearing held |
| 2025-10-17 | Senate | Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor |
| 2025-09-29 | Senate | Read first time and referred to Committee on Health |
| 2025-09-29 | Senate | Introduced |
Same As/Similar To
AB563 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-23 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
