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Bills from the 2017–18 session

Assembly Bill 365

Prohibiting lifetime and annual limits under health insurance policies and plans. (FE)

Passed both chambers, then stopped

The Assembly and the Senate both voted to pass it, but it never went to the governor. A bill goes to the governor only after both chambers ⁠. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Jun 2, 2017

  2. Committee, passed

  3. Assembly vote, passed

    Passed 63 to 34

  4. Senate vote, passed

    Passed Dec 4, 2018

  5. Governor, stopped here

    Stopped here. It never went to the governor.

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Dec 4, 2018: “Action ordered immediately messaged”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism, by the Senate President, pursuant to Senate Rule 20(1)(c). 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 prohibits health insurance policies and plans, known in the bill as disability insurance policies, and self-insured governmental health plans from imposing a lifetime limit or an annual limit on the dollar value of benefits.

Who's behind it

34 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 34 are Democrats.

13 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 47 names

Authors (34)

Signed on in support (13)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

Versions and amendments

Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.

How lawmakers voted

There were 10 votes on this bill. Taking a bill up right away needs two-thirds of the members, a higher bar than passing it, so that vote can draw more yeses than the final one.

Assembly vote on an amendment

Passed, 63 to 34 · Jun 21, 2017

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 63, Noes 34”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote on an amendment

Failed, 33 to 64 · Jun 21, 2017 · 2 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

No (64)

Didn't vote (2)

Official motion: “TABLE AMENDMENT”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to take it up right away

Passed, 63 to 34 · Jun 21, 2017 · 2 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (63)

Didn't vote (2)

Official motion: “SUSPEND RULES FOR THIRD READING”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to pass it

Passed, 62 to 35 · Jun 21, 2017 · 2 didn't vote

See how each of the 99 representatives voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Yes (62)

Didn't vote (2)

Official motion: “PASSAGE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Assembly vote to take it up right away

Passed, 97 to 0 · Jun 21, 2017

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Insurance, and take up Ayes 97, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 3 to 2 · Nov 30, 2018

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Revived by the committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 93 (1), Ayes 3, Noes 2”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote on an amendment

Passed, 18 to 15 · Dec 4, 2018

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 15”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote

Passed, 18 to 15 · Dec 4, 2018

No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Official motion: “Withdrawn from committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism and taken up, Ayes 18, Noes 15”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote to adopt it

Failed, 16 to 17 · Dec 4, 2018

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Official motion: “ADOPTION”. Official record · This vote on its own page

Senate vote to pass it

Failed, 16 to 17 · Dec 4, 2018

See how each of the 33 senators voted

D: Democrat, R: Republican

Official motion: “CONCURRENCE”. Official record · This vote on its own page

What happened

  1. Dec 4, 2018

    “Action ordered immediately messaged” (the official wording)

  2. Dec 4, 2018

    “Refused concurrence, Ayes 16, Noes 17” (the official wording)

  3. Dec 4, 2018

    “Read a third time” (the official wording)

  4. Dec 4, 2018

    “Senators Bewley, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Hansen, Johnson, Larson, Miller, Ringhand, Risser, Shilling, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch withdrawn as cosponsors” (the official wording)

  5. Dec 4, 2018

    The Senate adopted it.

  6. Nov 30, 2018

    “Revived by the committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 93 (1), Ayes 3, Noes 2” (the official wording)

  7. Mar 28, 2018

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  8. Jan 26, 2018

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism, by the Senate President,.

  9. Jan 24, 2018

    “Representatives Anderson, Barca, Berceau, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Fields, Genrich, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kessler, Kolste, Meyers, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vruwink, Wachs, Young and Zamarripa withdrawn as coauthors” (the official wording)

  10. Jul 18, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  11. Jun 23, 2017

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Housing and Trade.

  12. Jun 22, 2017

    The Senate received it.

  13. Jun 21, 2017

    The Assembly passed it, 62 to 35.

  14. Jun 21, 2017

    The Assembly adopted it, 63 to 34.

  15. Jun 15, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  16. Jun 13, 2017

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  17. Jun 2, 2017

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Insurance.

  18. Jun 2, 2017

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Jun 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Riemer, Kolste, C. Taylor, Anderson, Barca, Berceau, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Fields, Genrich, Goyke, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kessler, Mason, Meyers, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pope, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, Vruwink, Wachs, Young, Zamarripa and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Johnson, Shilling, Bewley, Carpenter, Hansen, Larson, Miller, Ringhand, Risser, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch

  2. Jun 2, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance

  3. Jun 13, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jun 15, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from committee on Insurance, and take up Ayes 97, Noes 0

  6. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  7. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Petersen and Sanfelippo

  8. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Refused to table Assembly Substitute Amendment 1, Ayes 33, Noes 64

  9. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 adopted, Ayes 63, Noes 34

  10. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules, Ayes 63, Noes 34

  12. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 62, Noes 35

  14. Jun 21, 2017 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Jun 22, 2017 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  16. Jun 23, 2017 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Insurance, Housing and Trade

  17. Jul 18, 2017 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  18. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Representative Goyke withdrawn as a coauthor

  19. Jan 24, 2018 · Senate

    Representatives Anderson, Barca, Berceau, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Considine, Crowley, Doyle, Fields, Genrich, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hintz, Kessler, Kolste, Meyers, Milroy, Ohnstad, Pope, Riemer, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stuck, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vruwink, Wachs, Young and Zamarripa withdrawn as coauthors

  20. Jan 26, 2018 · Senate

    Rereferred to committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism, by the Senate President, pursuant to Senate Rule 20(1)(c)

  21. Feb 20, 2018 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Erpenbach

  22. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  23. Nov 30, 2018 · Senate

    Revived by the committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 93 (1), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  24. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Feyen and Fitzgerald

  25. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Feyen and Fitzgerald

  26. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Senators Craig and Kapenga

  27. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Senators Erpenbach, Shilling, Schachtner, Wirch, Miller, L. Taylor, Johnson, Vinehout, Carpenter, Larson, Frostman, Ringhand, Risser, Hansen and Bewley

  28. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Insurance, Financial Services, Constitution and Federalism and taken up, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  29. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  30. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 withdrawn and returned to author

  31. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 adopted

  32. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 to Senate Substitute Amendment 2 laid on table, Ayes 18, Noes 15

  33. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Refused to adopt Senate Substitute Amendment 2, Ayes 16, Noes 17

  34. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 3 laid on table

  35. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  36. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  37. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Senators Bewley, Carpenter, Erpenbach, Hansen, Johnson, Larson, Miller, Ringhand, Risser, Shilling, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch withdrawn as cosponsors

  38. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time

  39. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Refused concurrence, Ayes 16, Noes 17

  40. Dec 4, 2018 · Senate

    Action ordered immediately messaged

Terms on this page

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence. 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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary

From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source

Second chamber's vote

A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.

Official term: Concurrence

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate

More in the glossary

Roll call

A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.

Official term: Roll call vote

More in the glossary