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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 1022

Medicare supplement policy renewal

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 15, 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, 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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What it would have done

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

This bill provides that a person who has an individual medicare supplement insurance policy may cancel his or her policy and purchase a new policy during the period beginning on the insured's birthday and ending on the 30th day following the insured's birthday. Under the bill, if a person elects to cancel his or her individual medicare supplement policy, then the provider of that policy must allow the insured to continue coverage under that policy until the first day of the second month following the month in which the insured cancelled the policy. An insurer that provides medicare supplement policies may not deny coverage under, condition the issuance of, or discriminate in the price of the replacement policy based on the health status, claims experience, receipt of health care, or medical condition of the insured.

Who's behind it

9 representatives are its ⁠. All 9 are Democrats.

1 more lawmaker ⁠.

See all 10 names

Authors (9)

Signed on in support (1)

What happened

  1. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 15, 2018

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health.

  3. Mar 15, 2018

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Anderson, Bowen, Brostoff, Hebl, Sargent, Sinicki, Zamarripa and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senator Risser

  2. Mar 15, 2018 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. 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.

More in the glossary

Public hearing

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

More in the glossary

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