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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 1018

Coverage of tests and ancillary procedures for services for which health insurance coverage is mandated

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Mar 12, 2018

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Apr 16, 2018: “Commissioner of Insurance report received pursuant to s.601.423(2), Wisconsin Statutes”

It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Insurance. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.

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What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires health insurance policies, known in the bill as disability insurance policies, and governmental self-insured health plans to cover tests and ancillary procedures needed to provide a product or service that the policy or plan is required to cover under state law. Examples of products or services that policies and plans are required to cover under current state law include home care, skilled nursing care, kidney disease treatment, equipment and supplies for diabetes treatment, mammograms, maternity coverage, lead poisoning screening, temporomandibular disorder treatment, autism spectrum disorder treatment, breast reconstruction, immunizations, hearing aids and cochlear implants, colorectal cancer screening, and contraceptives.

This proposal may contain a health insurance mandate requiring a social and financial impact report under s. 601.423, stats.

Who's behind it

10 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 10 are Democrats.

4 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 14 names

Authors (10)

Signed on in support (4)

What happened

  1. Apr 16, 2018

    “Commissioner of Insurance report received pursuant to s.601.423(2), Wisconsin Statutes” (the official wording)

  2. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  3. Mar 12, 2018

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Insurance.

  4. Mar 12, 2018

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 12, 2018 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Anderson, Stuck, Berceau, Zamarripa, Sargent, Spreitzer, Sinicki, Subeck, Brostoff and Pope; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Vinehout, Risser and Larson

  2. Mar 12, 2018 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance

  3. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  4. Apr 16, 2018 · Assembly

    Commissioner of Insurance report received pursuant to s.601.423(2), Wisconsin Statutes

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Public hearing

A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.

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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

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

Author

A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Official term: Author, coauthor

Signed on in support

Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.

Official term: Cosponsor