Senate Bill 203
Claims for loss of society and companionship in medical malpractice cases
Passed the Senate, then stopped
The Senate passed it on Jan 19, 2010, but the Assembly never voted on it. A bill has to . To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
May 14, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Jan 19, 2010
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The Assembly never voted on it.
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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 concur in pursuant to ”
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Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
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, as stated in Estate of Wells v. Mt. Sinai Medical Center , 183 Wis. 2d 677 (1994), a parent does not have the right to recover for the loss of society and companionship of an adult child whose injuries were the result of medical malpractice. This bill provides that a parent does have the right to recover for loss of society and companionship if the parent's adult child is injured as the result of medical malpractice.
Under current law, as stated in Czapinski v. St. Francis Hospital, Inc.
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, 236 Wis.
2d 316 (2000), an adult child does not have the right to recover for the loss of society and companionship of a parent who died as the result of medical malpractice. This bill provides that an adult child does have the right to recover for loss of society and companionship if the adult child's parent dies as the result of medical malpractice.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Democrats.
13 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Spencer Coggs · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Jeffrey Plale · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (13)
- Annette Williams · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- David Cullen · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Parisi · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Jon Richards · Democrat, Assembly
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Toles · Democrat, Assembly
- Robert Turner · Democrat, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Judiciary vote to recommend it
Passed, 3 to 2 · Sep 16, 2009
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing, Ayes 3, Noes 2”. 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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Jan 25, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jan 20, 2010
The Assembly received it.
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Jan 19, 2010
The Senate passed it.
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Oct 26, 2009
“Withdrawn from the Calendar of 10-27-09 by committee on Senate Organization” (the official wording)
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Sep 16, 2009
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 3 to 2.
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Aug 18, 2009
The committee held a public hearing.
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May 14, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing.
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May 14, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- May 14, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Plale, Hansen and Coggs;Cosponsored by Representatives Richards, Sinicki, Roys, Berceau, A. Williams, Pope-Roberts, Mason, Toles, Cullen, Spanbauer, Zepnick, Turner, Parisi and Kessler
- May 14, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing
- Aug 18, 2009 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Sep 15, 2009 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Sep 16, 2009 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Judiciary, Corrections, Insurance, Campaign Finance Reform, and Housing, Ayes 3, Noes 2
- Sep 16, 2009 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Oct 7, 2009 · Senate
Representative Spanbauer withdrawn as a cosponsor
- Oct 22, 2009 · Senate
Placed on calendar 10-27-2009 by committee on Senate Organization
- Oct 26, 2009 · Senate
Withdrawn from the Calendar of 10-27-09 by committee on Senate Organization
- Oct 26, 2009 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Jan 14, 2010 · Senate
Placed on calendar 1-19-2010 by committee on Senate Organization
- Jan 19, 2010 · Senate
Read a second time
- Jan 19, 2010 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Jan 19, 2010 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Jan 19, 2010 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Jan 19, 2010 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 20, 2010 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Jan 25, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 11:36 A.M. on 4-20-2010 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23
- Apr 28, 2010 · Assembly
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. More in the glossary
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
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
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote