Assembly Bill 1012
Requiring publication of hospital chargemasters and providing a penalty
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
Mar 12, 2018
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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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, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Health. 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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Official term: Cosponsor. 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 requires each hospital to file a copy of its chargemasters with the Department of Health Services on an annual basis. The bill defines the term “chargemaster” as “a uniform schedule of charges represented by the hospital as its gross billed charge for a given service or item, regardless of payer type.” Under the bill, hospitals must also make a written or electronic copy of the chargemaster available, either by posting an electronic copy of the chargemaster on the hospital Internet site or by making a written or electronic copy available at the hospital location. In addition, hospitals must post a notice in the emergency department, if any, in the admissions office, and in the billing office, informing patients about the availability of the hospital's chargemaster. Finally, the bill imposes a forfeiture of $100 for each day a hospital violates these requirements.
Who's behind it
9 lawmakers are its . All 9 are Democrats.
3 more lawmakers .
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Authors (9)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (3)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Kathleen Vinehout · Democrat, Senate
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 12, 2018
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health.
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Mar 12, 2018
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 12, 2018 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Anderson, Neubauer, Berceau, Zamarripa, Sargent, Subeck, Brostoff, Pope and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Senators Carpenter, Vinehout and Risser
- Mar 12, 2018 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health
- Mar 28, 2018 · 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.
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
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