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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Senate Bill 215

Application of prescription drug payments to health insurance cost-sharing requirements

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

    Mar 16, 2021

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Senate vote, not reached

  4. Assembly 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 Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry. 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 requires health insurance policies that offer prescription drug benefits, self-insured health plans, and pharmacy benefit managers acting on behalf of policies or plans to apply amounts paid by or on behalf of a person covered under the policy or plan for prescription drugs to any calculation of an out-of-pocket maximum amount or to any cost-sharing requirement of the policy or plan. Health insurance policies are referred to in the bill as disability insurance policies.

Who's behind it

2 senators are its ⁠. 1 is a Democrat and 1 is a Republican.

19 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 21 names

Authors (2)

Signed on in support (19)

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Apr 12, 2021 to Jan 26, 2022

    6 more representatives and 4 senators signed on in support.

  3. Mar 16, 2021

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry.

  4. Mar 16, 2021

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 16, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Jacque and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Tittl, Moses, Subeck, Armstrong, Cabral-Guevara, Dittrich, Krug, Rozar and Wichgers

  2. Mar 16, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Licensing and Forestry

  3. Apr 12, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Andraca added as a cosponsor

  4. May 5, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Cabrera added as a cosponsor

  5. Jul 27, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Mursau added as a cosponsor

  6. Sep 29, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Schraa added as a cosponsor

  7. Nov 5, 2021 · Senate

    Senator Larson added as a coauthor

  8. Dec 9, 2021 · Senate

    Senator Bernier added as a coauthor

  9. Dec 10, 2021 · Senate

    Representative Milroy added as a cosponsor

  10. Jan 11, 2022 · Senate

    Senator Petrowski added as a coauthor

  11. Jan 18, 2022 · Senate

    Senator Wanggaard added as a coauthor

  12. Jan 26, 2022 · Senate

    Representative Bowen added as a cosponsor

  13. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    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