Assembly Bill 346
Extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for post-partum women. (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
Jul 31, 2019
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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, Apr 1, 2020: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Medicaid Reform and Oversight. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
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Public hearing
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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
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
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 requires the Department of Health Services to seek approval from the federal Department of Health and Human Services to extend to women who are eligible for Medical Assistance when pregnant Medical Assistance benefits until the last day of the month in which the 365th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls.
Currently, post-partum women are eligible for Medical Assistance benefits until the last day of the month in which the 60th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls.
Who's behind it
24 lawmakers are its . 23 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (24)
- Jimmy Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Jonathan Brostoff · Democrat, Assembly
- Chris Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Marisabel Cabrera · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Considine · Democrat, Assembly
- Gary Hebl · Democrat, Assembly
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- LaKeshia Myers · Democrat, Assembly
- Amy Loudenbeck · Republican, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Daniel Riemer · Democrat, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Katrina Shankland · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
- Don Vruwink · Democrat, Assembly
- JoCasta Zamarripa · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (12)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jon Erpenbach · Democrat, Senate
- Staush Gruszynski · Democrat, Assembly
- Kalan Haywood · Democrat, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Lena Taylor · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Janis Ringhand · Democrat, Senate
- Fred A. Risser · Democrat, Senate
- Jennifer Shilling · Democrat, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 1, 2020
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Sep 30, 2019 to Jan 29, 2020
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Aug 22, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Aug 21, 2019
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jul 31, 2019
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Medicaid Reform and Oversight.
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Jul 31, 2019
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Jul 31, 2019 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kolste, Riemer, Anderson, Billings, Bowen, Brostoff, Cabrera, Considine, Hebl, Hesselbein, Loudenbeck, L. Myers, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Sargent, Shankland, Sinicki, Spreitzer, Stubbs, Subeck, C. Taylor, Vining, Vruwink and Zamarripa; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Shilling, Carpenter, Johnson, Larson, Ringhand, Risser, L. Taylor and Wirch
- Jul 31, 2019 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Medicaid Reform and Oversight
- Aug 21, 2019 · Assembly
Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
- Aug 22, 2019 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 30, 2019 · Assembly
Representative Haywood added as a coauthor
- Jan 29, 2020 · Assembly
Representative Gruszynski added as a coauthor
- Apr 1, 2020 · 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
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