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Bills from the 2021–22 session

Senate Bill 230

Visitation of a long-term care facility resident or hospital patient by an essential visitor or member of the clergy

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 24, 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 Human Services, Children and Families. 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 allows a nursing home or assisted living facility resident and a patient in a hospital, or his or her guardian or health care agent, to designate an essential visitor to visit and provide support for the resident or patient. The patient's or resident's guardian or health care agent under a power of attorney is also considered an essential visitor. A nursing home, assisted living facility, or hospital must allow at least one essential visitor, who agrees to comply with the public health policies of the nursing home, assisted living facility or hospital, to enter to visit the resident or patient in compassionate care situations. The bill requires a nursing home, assisted living facility, or hospital to also allow a member of the clergy to visit a resident or patient. The nursing home, assisted living facility, or hospital may refuse access to an essential visitor or member of the clergy who refuses to comply with those public health policies. If the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issues guidance that restricts visitation more than this bill does, a nursing home, assisted living facility, or hospital is allowed to comply with that guidance instead of the bill. The requirement to allow visitation of an essential visitor in this bill applies when the nursing home, assisted living facility, or hospital limits visitors due to an outbreak or epidemic of communicable disease in the community.

Who's behind it

7 senators are its ⁠. All 7 are Republicans.

46 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 53 names

Authors (7)

Signed on in support (46)

What happened

  1. Mar 15, 2022

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 24, 2021

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Human Services, Children and Families.

  3. Mar 24, 2021

    Introduced in the Senate.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Mar 24, 2021 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Ballweg, Felzkowski, Jacque, Marklein, Nass and Wanggaard; cosponsored by Representatives Sanfelippo, Krug, Allen, Armstrong, Brandtjen, Brooks, Cabral-Guevara, Callahan, Dallman, Dittrich, Duchow, Edming, Gundrum, Horlacher, Jagler, James, Katsma, Kerkman, Kitchens, Knodl, Kuglitsch, Macco, Magnafici, Moses, Murphy, Mursau, Novak, Neylon, Plumer, Pronschinske, Ramthun, J. Rodriguez, Rozar, Schraa, Skowronski, Sortwell, Spiros, Steffen, Tauchen, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tusler, Vorpagel, Wichgers, Wittke and Zimmerman

  2. Mar 24, 2021 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Human Services, Children and Families

  3. Mar 15, 2022 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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.

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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

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.

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

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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

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