Assembly Bill 1131
Local health officer orders to control the 2019 novel coronavirus
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
Mar 10, 2022
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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, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on State Affairs. 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
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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
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Currently, local health officers have the statutory authority to do what is reasonable and necessary for the prevention and suppression of disease and forbid public gatherings when necessary to control outbreaks or epidemics among other public health powers. In addition, local health officers must take all measures necessary to prevent, suppress, and control communicable diseases and report those measures to the appropriate governing body along with the progress of the communicable disease.
This bill prohibits a local health officer from ordering the closure of or forbidding gatherings in places of worship to control outbreaks and epidemics of the 2019 novel coronavirus, which causes COVID-19. Also, under the bill, a local health officer may not directly enforce an order or directive to close or restrict the capacity of businesses to control outbreaks and epidemics of the 2019 novel coronavirus. To enforce any order or directive to control an outbreak or epidemic of the 2019 novel coronavirus, the local health officer, after issuing the directive, must petition a court to enforce the directive under the existing procedure for quarantine and isolation court orders established by the Department of Health Services by rule. If the order or directive seeks to close or restrict capacity of businesses, the local health officer must first have approval by the committee of the local governmental unit that deals with matters related to health to petition the court to seek enforcement of the order.
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The approval must be within five business days of the request by the local health officer in order to seek a court order for enforcement. The court may order a remedy prescribed by DHS by rule or a penalty established by county, city, or village ordinance if the courts finds a failure or refusal to comply with or obstruction of execution of a directive issued under the provision of the bill.
Currently, the federal Transportation Security Administration administers a list of individuals who are prohibited from boarding an airplane because those individuals are contagious with an infectious disease. The bill prohibits a local health officer from submitting the name of any individual to the TSA or other federal agency for inclusion on that “do not board” list and from negotiating the terms of removal of an individual from that list.
Who's behind it
5 representatives are its . All 5 are Republicans.
2 more lawmakers .
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Authors (5)
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (2)
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 10, 2022
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.
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Mar 10, 2022
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Dittrich, Macco, Schraa, Horlacher and Murphy; cosponsored by Senators Testin and Stroebel
- Mar 10, 2022 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs
- 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.
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
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