Senate Bill 547
Informing correctional officers about inmates with contagious diseases
Topics: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, Corrections, Department of, Disease, Prison
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 18, 2010
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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Assembly 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
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
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Author
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, with some specific exceptions, a patient's health care records, as well as the results of a test for the presence of HIV, are released only with the patient's or test subject's consent. One exception is the release of a prisoner's health care records to the prisoner's health care provider, the medical staff in the prison or jail, or a person maintaining prisoner medical records. This bill permits health care disclosures about a prisoner to persons designated to have custodial authority over the prisoner or who are responsible for transferring a prisoner to or from a prison or jail if both of the following apply: 1) the prisoner is found to have a communicable disease or an HIV test conducted on the prisoner was positive for the presence of HIV; and 2) the disclosure is necessary for the health and safety of the prisoner, other prisoners, the person having custodial authority, the person responsible for transferring the prisoner, or an employee of the prison or jail.
Who's behind it
7 senators are its . All 7 are Republicans.
15 more lawmakers .
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Authors (7)
- Alan Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Randy Hopper · Republican, Senate
- Joe Leibham · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (15)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Garey Bies · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Gunderson · Republican, Assembly
- Ann Hraychuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Fitzgerald · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Kapanke · Republican, Senate
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Phil Montgomery · Republican, Assembly
- John Murtha · Republican, Assembly
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Suder · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Public Health vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Apr 6, 2010
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 Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation, Ayes 5, 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
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Apr 6, 2010
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Mar 31, 2010
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 25, 2010
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 18, 2010
Sent to the Senate Committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation.
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Feb 18, 2010
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 18, 2010 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Hopper, Cowles, Schultz, A. Lasee, Darling, Leibham and Olsen;Cosponsored by Representatives Suder, Spanbauer, Ripp, Hraychuck, J. Fitzgerald, Montgomery, Brooks, Murtha, Vos, Ballweg, Knodl, Gunderson, Bies and Nerison
- Feb 18, 2010 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation
- Mar 25, 2010 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 31, 2010 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Apr 6, 2010 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Apr 6, 2010 · Senate
Report passage recommended by committee on Public Health, Senior Issues, Long-Term Care, and Job Creation, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Apr 6, 2010 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Apr 8, 2010 · Senate
Senator Kapanke added as a coauthor
- Apr 28, 2010 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
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. 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