Senate Bill 323
Requiring newborn hearing screening
Topics: Health Services, Department of: Health, Hospitals, Hygiene laboratory, Maternal and infant care, Medical service, Nurses, Physician
Became law
The governor signed it on May 11, 2010. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Sep 30, 2009
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Apr 13, 2010
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Apr 20, 2010
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2009 Wisconsin Act 279
Latest entry in the official record, May 13, 2010: “Published 5-25-2010”
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Cost estimate
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What it does
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
10 senators are its . 8 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
21 more lawmakers .
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Authors (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
Signed on in support (21)
- 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
- Louis Molepske Jr. · 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
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 were 3 votes on this bill. Taking a bill up right away needs two-thirds of the members, a higher bar than passing it, so that vote can draw more yeses than the final one.
Senate Committee on Health vote on an amendment
Passed, 7 to 0 · Mar 19, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote to pass it
Passed, 27 to 6 · Apr 13, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Read a third time and passed, Ayes 27, Noes 6”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to take it up right away
Passed, 76 to 21 · Apr 20, 2010
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Rules suspended to order immediately messaged, Ayes 76, Noes 21”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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May 13, 2010
The new law was published.
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May 11, 2010
The governor signed it. It became 2009 Wisconsin Act 279.
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May 10, 2010
Sent to the governor.
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Apr 20, 2010
The Assembly passed it too.
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Apr 14, 2010
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Apr 14, 2010
The Assembly received it.
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Apr 13, 2010
The Senate passed it, 27 to 6.
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Apr 13, 2010
The Senate adopted it.
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Apr 8, 2010
“Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)” (the official wording)
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Apr 8, 2010
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Mar 19, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 6 to 1.
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Mar 19, 2010
“Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Mar 19, 2010
“Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Mar 17, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 3, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Sep 30, 2009
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue.
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Sep 30, 2009
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Sep 30, 2009 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Lassa, Taylor, Lehman, Schultz, Kreitlow, Risser, Miller, Darling, Coggs and Erpenbach;Cosponsored by Representatives Dexter, Kaufert, Berceau, Black, Townsend, Schneider, Hilgenberg, Mason, Soletski, Sinicki, Jorgensen, Hixson, Lothian, Turner, Grigsby, A. Williams, Krusick, Wood, A. Ott, Molepske Jr. and Bernard Schaber
- Sep 30, 2009 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue
- Mar 2, 2010 · Senate
Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Lassa
- Mar 3, 2010 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 5, 2010 · Senate
Senate amendment 1 to Senate substitute amendment 1 offered by Senator Lassa
- Mar 16, 2010 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Mar 17, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 19, 2010 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- Mar 19, 2010 · Senate
Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 7, Noes 0
- Mar 19, 2010 · Senate
Report passage as amended recommended by committee on Health, Health Insurance, Privacy, Property Tax Relief, and Revenue, Ayes 6, Noes 1
- Mar 19, 2010 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Apr 8, 2010 · Senate
Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)
- Apr 8, 2010 · Senate
Withdrawn from joint committee on Finance and made Available for Scheduling by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)
- Apr 8, 2010 · Senate
Placed on calendar 4-13-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Read a second time
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Senate amendment 1 to Senate substitute amendment 1 adopted
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Senate substitute amendment 1 adopted
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 27, Noes 6
- Apr 13, 2010 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Apr 14, 2010 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Apr 14, 2010 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 11:40 A.M. on 4-20-2010 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly
Rules suspended to order immediately messaged, Ayes 76, Noes 21
- Apr 21, 2010 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Apr 27, 2010 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled on 4-27-2010
- May 10, 2010 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 5-10-2010
- May 11, 2010 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 5-11-2010. 2009 Wisconsin Act 279
- May 13, 2010 · Senate
Published 5-25-2010
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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