Wisconsin Senate Bill 578

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill
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]

An Act to renumber and amend 50.06 (1) and 50.06 (4); to amend 50.06 (2) (b), 50.06 (2) (c), 50.06 (5) (a) (intro.), 50.06 (5) (b), 50.06 (6), 50.06 (7), 50.08 (1) (b) and 154.225 (1) (c); to create 50.06 (1) (a), 50.06 (1) (b), 50.06 (1) (d), 50.06 (4) (b), 50.06 (4) (c), 50.06 (5) (am), 50.06 (5) (ar), 50.06 (8), 54.36 (1m), 54.50 (3) (cm), 59.42 (4) and 146.82 (2) (a) 7m. of the statutes; Relating to: consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)

Consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)

Sen. Eric Wimberger [R]	Sen. Rachael Cabral-Guevara [R]	Sen. Dan Feyen [R]	Sen. Jesse James [R]
Sen. Romaine Quinn [R]	Rep. Patrick Snyder [R]	Rep. Lisa Subeck [D]	Rep. Barbara Dittrich [R]
Rep. Bob Donovan [R]	Rep. Steve Doyle [D]	Rep. Russell Goodwin [D]	Rep. Rick Gundrum [R]
Rep. Karen Hurd [R]	Rep. Tara Johnson [D]	Rep. Dan Knodl [R]	Rep. Rob Kreibich [R]
Rep. Tony Kurtz [R]	Rep. Maureen McCarville [D]	Rep. Paul Melotik [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Mursau [R]
Rep. Todd Novak [R]	Rep. Jerry O'Connor [R]	Rep. Lori Palmeri [D]	Rep. William Penterman [R]
Rep. Jim Piwowarczyk [R]	Rep. Pricilla Prado [D]	Rep. Amaad Rivera-Wagner [D]	Rep. Jessie Rodriguez [R]
Rep. Ann Roe [D]	Rep. Joe Sheehan [D]	Rep. Christine Sinicki [D]	Rep. Angela Stroud [D]
Rep. Shelia Stubbs [D]	Rep. Rob Swearingen [R]	Rep. Robert Wittke [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-23	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2026-03-19	Senate	Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
2026-03-19	Senate	Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor
2026-03-19	Senate	Senator Smith added as a coauthor
2026-03-16	Senate	Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor
2026-03-06	Senate	Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
2026-02-17	Senate	Representative Sheehan withdrawn as a cosponsor
2026-01-21	Senate	Representative Stroud withdrawn as a cosponsor
2026-01-20	Senate	Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Wimberger
2026-01-14	Senate	Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wimberger
2026-01-14	Senate	Representative Johnson withdrawn as a cosponsor
2026-01-13	Senate	Representative Prado withdrawn as a cosponsor
2026-01-06	Senate	Representative Roe withdrawn as a cosponsor
2025-12-17	Senate	Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a cosponsor
2025-12-04	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2025-11-12	Senate	Representative Moses added as a cosponsor
2025-11-11	Senate	Available for scheduling
2025-11-11	Senate	Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 4, Noes 1
2025-11-11	Senate	Executive action taken
2025-11-05	Senate	Public hearing held
2025-10-24	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Health
2025-10-24	Senate	Introduced

AB598 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-20 - Published 3-21-2026

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb578
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/SB578.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/SB578-SA1.pdf
Amendment	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/SB578-SA2.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/senate/health/1952814.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/fe/sb578/sb578_dhs.pdf
Supplement	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/related/records/senate/senate_organization/1985186.pdf