WisconsinSB5782025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)Senate

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)

Sponsored By: Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Dan Feyen (Republican), Jesse James (Republican), Romaine Quinn (Republican), Eric Wimberger (Republican)

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Sen Bill 578Community-based residential facilityGuardian and wardHospitals and health care facilitiesMedical assistanceNursing homes and adult care

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Bill Overview

No Economic Impacts Identified for this Bill

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Rachael Cabral-Guevara

    Republican • Senate

  • Dan Feyen

    Republican • Senate

  • Jesse James

    Republican • Senate

  • Romaine Quinn

    Republican • Senate

  • Eric Wimberger

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Brienne Brown

    Democratic • House

  • Barbara Dittrich

    Republican • House

  • Bob Donovan

    Republican • House

  • Steve Doyle

    Democratic • House

  • Jodi Emerson

    Democratic • House

  • Russell Goodwin

    Democratic • House

  • Rick Gundrum

    Republican • House

  • Karen Hurd

    Republican • House

  • Jenna Jacobson

    Democratic • House

  • Tara Johnson

    Democratic • House

  • Joel Kitchens

    Republican • House

  • Daniel Knodl

    Republican • House

  • Rob Kreibich

    Republican • House

  • Tony Kurtz

    Republican • House

  • Maureen McCarville

    Democratic • House

  • Paul Melotik

    Republican • House

  • Clint Moses

    Republican • House

  • Jeffrey Mursau

    Republican • House

  • Todd Novak

    Republican • House

  • Jerry O'Connor

    Republican • House

  • Lori Palmeri

    Democratic • House

  • William Penterman

    Republican • House

  • Jim Piwowarczyk

    Republican • House

  • Priscilla Prado

    Democratic • House

  • Amaad Rivera-Wagner

    Democratic • House

  • Jessie Rodriguez

    Republican • House

  • Ann Roe

    Democratic • House

  • Joe Sheehan

    Democratic • House

  • Christine Sinicki

    Democratic • House

  • Jeff Smith

    Democratic • Senate

  • Patrick Snyder

    Republican • House

  • Angela Stroud

    Democratic • House

  • Shelia Stubbs

    Democratic • House

  • Lisa Subeck

    Democratic • House

  • Rob Swearingen

    Republican • House

  • Robert Wittke

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

Actions Timeline

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    3/23/2026Senate
  2. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor

    3/19/2026Senate
  3. Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

    3/19/2026Senate
  4. Senator Smith added as a coauthor

    3/19/2026Senate
  5. Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor

    3/16/2026Senate
  6. Representative Brown added as a cosponsor

    3/6/2026Senate
  7. Representative Sheehan withdrawn as a cosponsor

    2/17/2026Senate
  8. Representative Stroud withdrawn as a cosponsor

    1/21/2026Senate
  9. Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Wimberger

    1/20/2026Senate
  10. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wimberger

    1/14/2026Senate
  11. Representative Johnson withdrawn as a cosponsor

    1/14/2026Senate
  12. Representative Prado withdrawn as a cosponsor

    1/13/2026Senate
  13. Representative Roe withdrawn as a cosponsor

    1/6/2026Senate
  14. Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a cosponsor

    12/17/2025Senate
  15. Fiscal estimate received

    12/4/2025Senate
  16. Representative Moses added as a cosponsor

    11/12/2025Senate
  17. Available for scheduling

    11/11/2025Senate
  18. Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 4, Noes 1

    11/11/2025Senate
  19. Executive action taken

    11/11/2025Senate
  20. Public hearing held

    11/5/2025Senate
  21. Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

    10/24/2025Senate
  22. 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

    10/24/2025Senate

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