Assembly Bill 386
The Well-Woman Program
Topics: Abortion, Health Services, Department of: Health, Women
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 21, 2011
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Health. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law, the Department of Health Services (DHS) administers the Wisconsin Well-Woman Program under which service providers are reimbursed for providing preventative health care services to low-income, underinsured, and uninsured women. Under this bill, DHS may only distribute state funds allocated to the Wisconsin Well-Woman Program to public entities. This bill further provides that public entities that receive state funding through the Wisconsin Well-Woman Program may provide the funds to other entities provided that the recipient does not provide abortions, make referrals for abortion services, or have an affiliate that provides abortions or makes referrals for abortion services.
Who's behind it
14 lawmakers are its . All 14 are Republicans.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (14)
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Paul F. Farrow · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Knudson · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Thomas Larson · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Glenn Grothman · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Nov 21, 2011
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health.
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Nov 21, 2011
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 21, 2011 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Jacque, Craig, Petersen, Kapenga, Thiesfeldt, Stroebel, Wynn, Endsley, Farrow, Kleefisch, Knudson, Steineke, T. Larson and Pridemore;Cosponsored by Senators Grothman, Lazich and Galloway
- Nov 21, 2011 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Health
- Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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
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.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
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