Senate Bill 39
Newborn screening for certain lysosomal storage disorders. (FE)
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 19, 2015
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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, Apr 13, 2016: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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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 testing for certain congenital and metabolic disorders prior to the infant's discharge from the hospital or maternity home. For infants born elsewhere, the attending physician, nurse-midwife, or other birth attendant must ensure that the infant is tested within a week of birth. As authorized by current law, the Department of Health Services (DHS) specifies by rule the congenital and metabolic disorders for which newborn infants are to be screened. Current law allows an exception to the testing requirement if the parents or legal guardian object on the basis of a conflict with religious tenets and practices or with their personal convictions.
This bill requires that, in addition to the other congenital and metabolic disorders for which testing is currently required under DHS rules, the attending physician, nurse-midwife, or in certain circumstances, other birth attendant, must ensure that every infant born undergoes testing for certain lysosomal storage disorders, specifically, globoid cell leukodystrophy, also known as Krabbe disease;
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Fabry disease, Pompe disease; Niemann-Pick disease; Gaucher disease, and Hurler syndrome, also known as mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPS I). For infants born in a hospital or maternity home, the attending physician or nurse-midwife must ensure this testing is completed before the infant is discharged from the hospital or within one week of birth, if the infant has not yet been discharged. For births occurring outside a hospital or maternity home setting, the attending physician, nurse-midwife, or other birth attendant must ensure testing is done within one week of birth. The parental objection exemption under current law also applies to the testing required under this bill.
Who's behind it
8 senators are its . All 8 are Democrats.
27 more lawmakers .
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Authors (8)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Julie M. Lassa · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (27)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Danou · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Robb Kahl · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Tauchen · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Nancy VanderMeer · Republican, Assembly
- Dana Wachs · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 13, 2016
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 30, 2015
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 25, 2015
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Feb 19, 2015
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
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Feb 19, 2015
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 19, 2015 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Lassa, L. Taylor, C. Larson, Ringhand, Wirch, Miller, Risser and Hansen; cosponsored by Representatives Novak, Spiros, Berceau, Milroy, Subeck, Riemer, Ohnstad, Sinicki, Bowen, Kahl, Sargent, Brostoff, Hesselbein, Meyers, Johnson, Kessler, Zamarripa, Tranel, Kitchens, VanderMeer, Danou, Wachs, C. Taylor, Billings, Tauchen and Kleefisch
- Feb 19, 2015 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- Mar 25, 2015 · Senate
Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- Mar 30, 2015 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 13, 2016 · 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
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