Assembly Bill 622
Requiring pulse oximetry in newborns
Topics: Maternal and infant care, Medical service, Physician
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
Feb 23, 2012
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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, May 14, 2012: “Fiscal estimate received”
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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 and a screening for hearing loss. This bill requires the physician, nurse-midwife, or certified professional midwife, who attended a birth to ensure that the infant is screened for a congenital heart defect using pulse oximetry before the infant is discharged from the hospital. The bill also requires the physician, nurse-midwife, or certified professional midwife, who attended the birth to ensure that a parent or legal guardian of the infant is advised of the screening result and, if the infant has an abnormal screening result, to ensure that a parent or legal guardian of the infant is provided information on available resources for further diagnosis and treatment for a possible congenital heart defect.
Who's behind it
17 lawmakers are its . 10 are Republicans and 7 are Democrats.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (17)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Jason Fields · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Daniel LeMahieu · Republican, Assembly
- Sandy Pasch · Democrat, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Jon Richards · Democrat, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Sue Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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May 14, 2012
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 23, 2012
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health.
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Feb 23, 2012
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 23, 2012 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kleefisch, Kerkman, LeMahieu, Pasch, Brooks, Spanbauer, Fields, Jacque, Ripp, Hebl, Vruwink, C. Taylor, Wynn, Strachota, Petrowski, Berceau and Richards;Cosponsored by Senators Lassa, Taylor, Risser and Erpenbach
- Feb 23, 2012 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Health
- Mar 23, 2012 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- May 14, 2012 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. 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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate