Assembly Bill 786
Report on dementia crisis unit pilot program and placement of individuals with dementia. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 22, 2016. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Jan 22, 2016
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Feb 18, 2016
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Mar 15, 2016
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2015 Wisconsin Act 272
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 22, 2016: “Published 3-23-2016”
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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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 does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires the Department of Health Services to prepare a report describing where individuals who have dementia are currently placed in crisis situations and proposing a pilot program for coalitions of two or more counties to create dementia crisis units.
Who's behind it
40 lawmakers are its . 28 are Republicans and 12 are Democrats.
8 more lawmakers .
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Authors (40)
- Alvin Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Mary Czaja · Republican, Assembly
- Edward Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Adam Jarchow · Republican, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Terry Katsma · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Jim Steineke · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Swearingen · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Josh Zepnick · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (8)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Shankland and Barca
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 3 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Mental Health Reform vote on an amendment
Passed, 10 to 0 · Feb 5, 2016
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Mental Health Reform, Ayes 10, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Mental Health Reform vote to recommend it
Passed, 10 to 0 · Feb 5, 2016
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Mental Health Reform, Ayes 10, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate Committee on Health and Human Services vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Mar 8, 2016
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 22, 2016
The new law was published.
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Mar 22, 2016
The governor signed it. It became 2015 Wisconsin Act 272.
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Mar 21, 2016
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 15, 2016
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Mar 15, 2016
The Senate passed it too.
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Mar 8, 2016
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Mar 3, 2016
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 23, 2016
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
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Feb 18, 2016
The Senate received it.
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Feb 18, 2016
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 18, 2016
The Assembly passed it.
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Feb 18, 2016
The Assembly adopted it.
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Feb 5, 2016
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 5, 2016
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 10 to 0.
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Feb 1, 2016
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 1, 2016
1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Jan 25, 2016
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 22, 2016
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Mental Health Reform.
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Jan 22, 2016
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jan 22, 2016 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Rohrkaste, Hesselbein, Bernier, Novak, Tittl, Brostoff, Meyers, Jagler, Kolste, Czaja, Macco, Skowronski, Katsma, Petryk, Swearingen, Kleefisch, Quinn, Kitchens, Kahl, A. Ott, Ripp, Zepnick, Spiros, Subeck, Murphy, E. Brooks, Sargent, Kulp, Ballweg, Nygren, Ohnstad, Johnson, Sanfelippo, Jarchow, Allen, Knodl, Steineke, Sinicki, Born and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Carpenter, C. Larson and Hansen
- Jan 22, 2016 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health Reform
- Jan 25, 2016 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 29, 2016 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Rohrkaste
- Feb 1, 2016 · Assembly
Senator Lassa added as a cosponsor
- Feb 1, 2016 · Assembly
Representative Genrich added as a coauthor
- Feb 1, 2016 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Feb 1, 2016 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Feb 5, 2016 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Mental Health Reform, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- Feb 5, 2016 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Mental Health Reform, Ayes 10, Noes 0
- Feb 5, 2016 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 1:48 PM on 2-18-2016 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29
- Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
- Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly
- Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 18, 2016 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Feb 23, 2016 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Health and Human Services
- Mar 3, 2016 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 3, 2016 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Mar 8, 2016 · Senate
Report concurrence recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Mar 8, 2016 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 14, 2016 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-15-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 15, 2016 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 15, 2016 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 15, 2016 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Mar 15, 2016 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in
- Mar 15, 2016 · Senate
Senator L. Taylor added as a cosponsor
- Mar 15, 2016 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 16, 2016 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Mar 21, 2016 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 3-21-2016
- Mar 21, 2016 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 3-21-2016
- Mar 22, 2016 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 272
- Mar 22, 2016 · Assembly
Published 3-23-2016
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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