Assembly Bill 120
Creating a Corrections System Formulary Board in the Department of Corrections, therapeutic alternate drug selections in the state correctional system, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Mar 27, 2015
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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, Apr 13, 2016: “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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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
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, a licensed pharmacist may make therapeutic alternate drug selections, if made in accordance with written guidelines or procedures (a formulary) previously established by: 1) a pharmacy and therapeutics committee of a hospital and approved by the hospital's medical staff, for patients in a hospital; or 2) a quality assessment and assurance committee of a nursing home, for patients in a nursing home. The use of the therapeutic alternate drug selection must have been approved for a patient during the period of the patient's stay within the hospital or nursing home by the patient's attending physician, physician assistant, or, in the case of a hospital, the patient's advanced practice nurse prescriber.
This bill creates a Corrections System Formulary Board (board) in the Department of Corrections (DOC), to consist of two physicians, one of whom is a psychiatrist, a pharmacist, and, at the discretion of the secretary of corrections (secretary), other members, all appointed by the secretary. The bill requires the board to promulgate rules to establish a formulary for prisoners confined in state correctional institutions and allows a pharmacist to make therapeutic alternate drug selections in accordance with that formulary, if approved for a prisoner during his or her period of confinement in a state correctional institution by a physician, an advanced practice nursing prescriber, or a physician assistant. The bill requires that the formulary established by the board apply uniformly within all state correctional institutions.
Who's behind it
10 lawmakers are its . 9 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (10)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Mary Czaja · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Gordon Hintz · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- Dale Kooyenga · Republican, Senate
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Richard Gudex · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
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.
Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations vote to recommend it
Passed, 14 to 0 · May 7, 2015
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 State Affairs and Government Operations, Ayes 14, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 7, 2015
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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May 7, 2015
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 14 to 0.
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Apr 28, 2015
The committee held a public hearing.
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Apr 8, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 7, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 27, 2015
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations.
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Mar 27, 2015
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 27, 2015 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Hutton, E. Brooks, Kooyenga, Ballweg, Czaja, Murphy, Edming, Quinn, Hintz and Thiesfeldt; cosponsored by Senators Gudex, Marklein, Nass, Olsen, Wanggaard and Vukmir
- Mar 27, 2015 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations
- Apr 7, 2015 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2015 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 28, 2015 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- May 6, 2015 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- May 7, 2015 · Assembly
Report passage recommended by Committee on State Affairs and Government Operations, Ayes 14, Noes 0
- May 7, 2015 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- May 7, 2015 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 5-13-2015 by Committee on Rules
- May 13, 2015 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Apr 13, 2016 · 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.
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