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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Assembly Bill 551

Diabetes medication pilot project and granting rule-making authority. (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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Sep 10, 2021

  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 directs the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance to develop a pilot project under which a pharmacy benefit manager and pharmaceutical manufacturer are directed to create a value-based, sole-source arrangement to reduce the costs of prescription diabetes medication. The bill allows OCI to promulgate rules to implement the pilot project.

Who's behind it

23 lawmakers are its ⁠. All 23 are Democrats.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 30 names

Authors (23)

Signed on in support (7)

What it would cost

State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Sep 28, 2021

    A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.

  3. Sep 10, 2021

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health.

  4. Sep 10, 2021

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Sep 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Subeck, Vining, Anderson, Baldeh, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Doyle, Emerson, Hebl, Hesselbein, Hong, Milroy, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Pope, S. Rodriguez, Shankland, Shelton, Snodgrass, Spreitzer, Stubbs and Vruwink; cosponsored by Senators Erpenbach, Johnson, Agard, Carpenter, Larson, Pfaff and Roys

  2. Sep 10, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Sep 28, 2021 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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Committee

A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.

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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

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

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

Cost estimate

A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.

Official term: Fiscal estimate