Senate Bill 489
Inclusion of recovery from bone marrow or organ donation surgery as a serious health condition for which an employee may take leave from employment under the family and medical leave law and prohibiting certain insurance practices on the basis of a person being a living organ donor or bone marrow donor. (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
Dec 29, 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 Labor and Government Reform. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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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.
Introduction This bill includes recovery from bone marrow or organ donation surgery as a serious health condition for which an employee may take leave from employment under the family and medical leave law. The bill also prohibits insurers from refusing to provide or renew coverage, canceling coverage, setting rates, or otherwise discriminating in the terms of a life, long-term care, or income continuation insurance policy on the basis of a person's status as a bone marrow or living organ donor.
Family and medical leave Under current law, an employer, including the state, employing at least 50 individuals on a permanent basis in this state (employer) must permit an employee who has been employed by the employer for more than 52 consecutive weeks and who has worked for the employer for at least 1,000 hours during the preceding 52-week period (employee) to take: 1) two weeks of medical leave in a 12-month period when the employee has a serious health condition that makes the employee unable to perform the employee's employment duties; and 2) two weeks of family leave in a 12-month period to care for a child, spouse, domestic partner, or parent who has a serious health condition. Current law defines "serious health condition" for purposes of the family and medical leave law as a disabling physical or mental illness, injury, impairment, or condition involving inpatient care in a hospital, nursing home, or hospice or outpatient care that requires continuing treatment or supervision by a health care provider.
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This bill includes the condition of being in recovery from surgery related to donating bone marrow or a human organ in the definition of "serious health condition" for purposes of the family and medical leave law. As such, the bill permits an employee to take leave from employment for the following reasons: 1) when the employee is in recovery from surgery related to donating bone marrow or a human organ and is unable to perform his or her employment duties; or 2) to care for a child, spouse, domestic partner, or parent who is in recovery from surgery related to donating bone marrow or a human organ.
Insurance discrimination This bill prohibits an insurer from refusing to provide or renew coverage to a person, canceling a person's coverage, or limiting a person's coverage under a life insurance policy, long-term care insurance policy, or income continuation insurance policy (collectively, policy) on the basis that the person is a living organ donor or bone marrow donor. Under the bill, insurers may not preclude a person from donating an organ or bone marrow as a condition of issuing a policy to the person. The bill also prohibits an insurer from using the status of a person as a living organ donor or bone marrow donor as a factor in determining rates or any other aspect of insurance coverage under a policy.
Who's behind it
6 senators are its . All 6 are Democrats.
18 more lawmakers .
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Authors (6)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Jennifer Shilling · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (18)
- Joan Ballweg · Republican, Senate
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Andy Jorgensen · Democrat, Assembly
- Cory Mason · Democrat, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, 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 3, 2016
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 25, 2016
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 19, 2016
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 29, 2015
Sent to the Senate Committee on Labor and Government Reform.
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Dec 29, 2015
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Dec 29, 2015 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Bewley, Vinehout, L. Taylor, Shilling, Risser and C. Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Mason, Meyers, Milroy, Jorgensen, Jacque, Horlacher, Subeck, Genrich, Pope, Zamarripa, Berceau, Ohnstad, Wachs, Ballweg, C. Taylor, Spreitzer and Considine
- Dec 29, 2015 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Labor and Government Reform
- Jan 19, 2016 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 25, 2016 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 3, 2016 · Senate
Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor
- 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