Assembly Bill 488
Requiring newborn hearing screening
Topics: Health Services, Department of: Health, Hospitals, Hygiene laboratory, Maternal and infant care, Medical service, Nurses, Physician
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Oct 13, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 28, 2010: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the attending physician or nurse-midwife must ensure that every infant born undergoes a blood test for congenital disorders and metabolic disorders. Also under current law, hospitals must make newborn hearing screening available for all infants delivered at the hospital. The state laboratory of hygiene performs tests on the blood samples; provides necessary diagnostic services, treatment, and follow-up counseling; advises the physician of the test results; and reports positive test results to the Department of Health Services (DHS).
This bill requires the physician, nurse-midwife, or certified professional midwife who attended the birth to arrange for the infant to be tested before hospital discharge, or within 30 days of birth if the infant was not born in a hospital, to determine if the infant has hearing loss. The physician, nurse-midwife, or certified professional midwife who attended the birth must also advise the parents or legal guardian of the infant of the hearing test results. This bill also requires the state laboratory of hygiene to provide additional follow-up services and to report positive hearing screening results to DHS.
Who's behind it
20 representatives are its . 15 are Democrats, 4 are Republicans and 1 is a Independent.
10 more lawmakers .
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Authors (20)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Annette Williams · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Spencer Black · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristen Dexter · Democrat, Assembly
- Tamara Grigsby · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Hilgenberg · Democrat, Assembly
- Kim Hixson · Democrat, Assembly
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Margaret Krusick · Democrat, Assembly
- Thomas Lothian · Republican, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Marlin Schneider · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- James Soletski · Democrat, Assembly
- John Townsend · Republican, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeffrey Wood · Independent, Assembly
Signed on in support (10)
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Pat Kreitlow · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Public Health vote on an amendment
Passed, 6 to 0 · Apr 8, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Public Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 28, 2010
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Apr 8, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 8, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 0.
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Mar 17, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 1, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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Oct 13, 2009
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Public Health.
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Oct 13, 2009
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 13, 2009 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Dexter, Kaufert, Black, Berceau, Townsend, Schneider, Hilgenberg, Mason, Soletski, Sinicki, Jorgensen, Hixson, Lothian, Turner, Grigsby, A. Williams, Krusick, Wood, A. Ott and Bernard Schaber;Cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Taylor, Lehman, Schultz, Kreitlow, Risser, Miller, Darling, Coggs and Erpenbach
- Oct 13, 2009 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health
- Dec 1, 2009 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Mar 5, 2010 · Assembly
Assembly substitute amendment 1 offered by Representative Dexter
- Mar 17, 2010 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 7, 2010 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Apr 8, 2010 · Assembly
Report Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adoption recommended by committee on Public Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0
- Apr 8, 2010 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Public Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0
- Apr 8, 2010 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote