Senate Bill 549
Fees for dental services
Topics: Dentistry, Insurance: Health
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
Mar 6, 2012
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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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, Mar 23, 2012: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Insurance and Housing. 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 this bill: 1) an insurer that offers a policy or plan that provides coverage for dental and related services may not require a dentist who provides services under the policy or plan to provide a service to an enrollee of the plan at a fee set by the insurer if the service is not covered under the policy or plan (noncovered service); 2) an administrator providing third-party administration services or a provider network for a plan that provides coverage for dental and related services may not require any dentist in the administrator's provider network to charge set fees for noncovered services provided to enrollees of the plan; and 3) a dentist who provides services to enrollees of a policy or plan that provides coverage for dental and related services may not charge an enrollee more than the dentist's usual nondiscounted fee for a noncovered service.
Who's behind it
12 senators are its . 6 are Democrats and 6 are Republicans.
29 more lawmakers .
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Authors (12)
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Pam Galloway · Republican, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Holperin · Democrat, Senate
- Jessica King · Democrat, Senate
- Frank G. Lasee · Republican, Senate
- Mary Lazich · Republican, Senate
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
- Jennifer Shilling · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (29)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Penny Bernard Schaber · Democrat, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Endsley · Republican, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Samantha Kerkman · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Knilans · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Kuglitsch · Republican, Assembly
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Lee Nerison · Republican, Assembly
- Jerry Petrowski · Republican, Senate
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Don Pridemore · Republican, Assembly
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Richard Spanbauer · Republican, Assembly
- Jeffrey Stone · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Strachota · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Robin Vos · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Williams · Republican, Assembly
- Evan Wynn · Republican, Assembly
- Leon Young · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2012
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 6, 2012
Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance and Housing.
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Mar 6, 2012
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 6, 2012 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Wanggaard, Galloway, Holperin, Lasee, Vinehout, Moulton, Lazich, Hansen, Schultz, Erpenbach, King and Shilling;Cosponsored by Representatives Wynn, Danou, Endsley, Bernier, Spanbauer, Thiesfeldt, Nass, A. Ott, Petrowski, Young, Nerison, Kaufert, Pridemore, Doyle, Knilans, Krug, Petryk, Mason, Kuglitsch, Strachota, Loudenbeck, Ballweg, Ripp, Stone, Bernard Schaber, Tranel, Williams, Vos and Kerkman
- Mar 6, 2012 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance and Housing
- Mar 23, 2012 · 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.
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