Assembly Bill 647
The prescription drug monitoring program. (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 121
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 3, 2020: “Published 3-4-2020”
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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.
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Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
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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
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law requires the Controlled Substances Board to establish a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) that requires pharmacies and health care practitioners to generate records documenting the dispensing of monitored prescription drugs. Records from the PDMP may be disclosed to persons specified under current law or by the board by rule. This bill makes changes to certain requirements under the PDMP:
1. Subject to exceptions, current law requires that a patient's records under the program be reviewed before a practitioner issues a prescription order for the patient.
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However, current law provides that this requirement does not apply after April 1, 2020. The bill extends the application of this requirement by five years, to April 1, 2025.
2. Current law requires the board to conduct a quarterly review of the PDMP to evaluate the actual outcomes of the PDMP compared with projected outcomes.
However, current law provides that this requirement does not apply after October 30, 2020. The bill extends the application of this requirement by five years, to October 30, 2025.
Who's behind it
32 lawmakers are its . 25 are Republicans and 7 are Democrats.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (32)
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- John Jagler · Republican, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Debra Kolste · Democrat, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- Gae Magnafici · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- John Nygren · Republican, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Warren Petryk · Republican, Assembly
- Jon Plumer · Republican, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Timothy Ramthun · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Melissa Sargent · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (9)
- Rob Cowles · Republican, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Luther S. Olsen · Republican, Senate
- Patty Schachtner · Democrat, Senate
- Amanda Stuck · Democrat, Assembly
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
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 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 121.
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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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Jan 27, 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 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 6, 2020
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Dec 13, 2019
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 6, 2019
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 Nygren, Plumer, Magnafici, Hutton, James, Petryk, Kolste, Sargent, Billings, Born, Snyder, Petersen, Kitchens, Quinn, Felzkowski, Edming, Kulp, Rohrkaste, Knodl, Tusler, Duchow, Dittrich, Tranel, Thiesfeldt, Jagler, Spiros, Mursau, Ramthun, Pope, Doyle, Bowen and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Senators Testin, Cowles, Olsen, Wanggaard, Schachtner and Marklein
- Dec 5, 2019 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Substance Abuse and Prevention
- Dec 6, 2019 · Assembly
Representative Wichgers added as a coauthor
- Dec 13, 2019 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 6, 2020 · Assembly
Representative Stuck added as a coauthor
- Jan 8, 2020 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly
Report passage 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
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
- Jan 27, 2020 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Jan 27, 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 121
- 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