Senate Bill 759
Permitting pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives and granting rule-making authority. (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 17, 2016
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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
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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Author
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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.
This bill permits a pharmacist to prescribe and dispense hormonal contraceptive patches and self-administered oral hormonal contraceptives, subject to limitations described as follows.
The bill requires the Pharmacy Examining Board, after consultation with the Medical Examining Board, the Board of Nursing, and the Department of Health Services, and in consideration of guidelines established by the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, to promulgate rules to establish standard procedures for the prescribing of contraceptives by pharmacists under the bill. The rules must include certain requirements for pharmacists prescribing contraceptives, such as requiring a pharmacist to complete a training course, requiring a referral to a health care provider following a prescription, and requiring the contraceptive to be dispensed as soon as practicable after the pharmacist issues the prescription order.
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In addition, the rules must prohibit a pharmacist from requiring a patient to schedule an appointment with the pharmacist for the prescribing or dispensing of a contraceptive and from prescribing and dispensing a contraceptive to a patient who does not have evidence of a clinical visit for women's health within the three years immediately following the initial prescription of a contraceptive by a pharmacist to the patient. A pharmacist who prescribes contraceptives as permitted under the bill must comply with those rules, as well as other rules promulgated by the Pharmacy Examining Board.
Under the bill, a pharmacist may prescribe a contraceptive to a person who is under 18 years of age only if the person has evidence of a previous prescription from a primary care practitioner or women's health care practitioner for a hormonal contraceptive patch or self-administered oral hormonal contraceptive. The bill eliminates this limitation beginning on January 1, 2020.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Democrats.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Miller · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (6)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Frederick Kessler · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · 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 10, 2016
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Mar 7, 2016
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 17, 2016
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
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Feb 17, 2016
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 17, 2016 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Risser, C. Larson and Miller; cosponsored by Representatives Sargent, Sinicki, Berceau, Kessler and Pope
- Feb 17, 2016 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- Mar 7, 2016 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 10, 2016 · Senate
Representative Subeck 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