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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 1058

Prohibiting discrimination or retaliation against health care providers by health care entities and credentialing boards for ordering or discussing innovative or novel therapies

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

    Feb 17, 2022

  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 15, 2022: “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 prevents health care entities and credentialing boards from discriminating or retaliating against health care providers for ordering innovative therapies or novel therapies if certain conditions are met, including: 1) the health care provider orders the therapy based on his or her assessment of the patient and any available clinical data supporting the therapy; 2) the patient requests the innovative therapy or novel therapy; and 3) the ordered therapy, if the therapy is a drug, device, or biological product, is either approved or authorized for emergency use by the federal Food and Drug Administration. Further, this bill prevents any health care entity or credentialing board from restricting any health care provider from informing a patient of any innovative or novel therapy that may potentially benefit the patient.

Who's behind it

13 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 13 are Republicans.

2 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 15 names

Authors (13)

Signed on in support (2)

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Feb 17, 2022

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health.

  3. Feb 17, 2022

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Sortwell, Murphy, Behnke, Cabral-Guevara, Moses, Rozar, Wichgers, Thiesfeldt, Brandtjen, Brooks, Horlacher, James and Schraa; cosponsored by Senators Stroebel and Nass

  2. Feb 17, 2022 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · 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