Assembly Bill 645
Opioid antagonist administration in jails and medication-assisted treatment availability in prisons and jails. (FE)
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 3, 2020. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Dec 5, 2019
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Jan 21, 2020
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Feb 19, 2020
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2019 Wisconsin Act 119
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 3, 2020: “Published 3-4-2020”
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Cost estimate
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Roll call
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What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill allows county jails to enter into a written agreement to affiliate with an ambulance service provider or a physician to 1) obtain a supply of naloxone or another opioid antagonist; and 2) allow jailers or keepers of a jail or persons designated with custodial authority by a jailer or keeper to receive the training necessary to safely and properly administer those medications to individuals who are undergoing or who are believed to be undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose.
Under current law, law enforcement agencies and fire departments may enter such agreements; this bill grants that authority to county jails.
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Current law also grants law enforcement officers and fire fighters immunity from civil and criminal liability for any outcomes resulting from the administration of an opioid antagonist to a person the officer or fire fighter reasonably believes is undergoing an opioid-related drug overdose, if the officer or firefighter is acting pursuant to an agreement with an ambulance service provider or physician and his or her training. This bill extends the same immunity to a jailer or keeper of a jail or person designated with custodial authority by the jailer or keeper.
The bill requires the Department of Health Services, after consulting with the Department of Corrections, to study the availability of medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in each prison and county jail, including by identifying certain pieces of data specified in the bill. DHS, again after consulting DOC, must then use the results of the study to propose to implement, or identify county officials to implement, a pilot project to make available all approved medications for medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in at least one prison or county jail. DHS must report its study findings, its proposal, and any requests for proposed statutory changes or funding necessary to implement the pilot project to the Joint Committee on Finance.
Who's behind it
24 lawmakers are its . 22 are Republicans and 2 are Democrats.
6 more lawmakers .
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Authors (24)
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (6)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Alberta Darling · Republican, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Amanda Stuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
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 3 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention vote on an amendment
Passed, 9 to 0 · Jan 16, 2020
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention, Ayes 9, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention vote to recommend it
Passed, 9 to 0 · Jan 16, 2020
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention, Ayes 9, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Senate vote
Passed, 5 to 0 · Feb 14, 2020
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 3, 2020
The new law was published.
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Mar 3, 2020
The governor signed it. It became 2019 Wisconsin Act 119.
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Feb 28, 2020
Sent to the governor.
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Feb 19, 2020
The Senate passed it too.
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Feb 19, 2020
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Feb 14, 2020
“Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0” (the official wording)
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Feb 13, 2020
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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Jan 22, 2020
The Senate received it.
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Jan 21, 2020
The Assembly passed it.
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Jan 21, 2020
The Assembly adopted it.
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Jan 16, 2020
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Jan 16, 2020
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 9 to 0.
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Jan 8, 2020
The committee held a public hearing.
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Jan 7, 2020
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 6, 2020
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Dec 5, 2019
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention.
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Dec 5, 2019
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Dec 5, 2019 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Born, Nygren, Billings, Bowen, Dittrich, Edming, Felzkowski, Jagler, Kitchens, Knodl, Kulp, Magnafici, Mursau, Novak, Petersen, Petryk, Plumer, Ramthun, Rohrkaste, Snyder, Spiros, Thiesfeldt, Tranel and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Darling, Cowles, Olsen and Wanggaard
- Dec 5, 2019 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention
- Jan 6, 2020 · Assembly
Representative Stuck added as a coauthor
- Jan 7, 2020 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 7, 2020 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 8, 2020 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 13, 2020 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Born
- Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention, Ayes 9, Noes 0
- Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 by Committee on Rules
- Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
- Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed
- Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Jan 22, 2020 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- Feb 13, 2020 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Feb 13, 2020 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Feb 14, 2020 · Senate
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Feb 14, 2020 · Senate
Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Feb 19, 2020 · Senate
Senator Larson added as a cosponsor
- Feb 19, 2020 · Senate
Read a second time
- Feb 19, 2020 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Feb 19, 2020 · Senate
Rules suspended
- Feb 19, 2020 · Senate
Read a third time and concurred in
- Feb 19, 2020 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly
Received from Senate concurred in
- Feb 25, 2020 · Assembly
Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020
- Feb 28, 2020 · Assembly
Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 by directive of the Speaker
- Mar 3, 2020 · Assembly
Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 119
- Mar 3, 2020 · Assembly
Published 3-4-2020
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote