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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 244

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Relating to: expanding Wisconsin Works eligibility for at-risk pregnancy. (FE)

Maternal and infant care Medical assistance Wisconsin works

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person who is not a custodial parent of a dependent child

may be eligible for Wisconsin Works benefits if the person is an unmarried woman

who meets the other eligibility criteria and is in the third trimester of a pregnancy

that is medically verified and is shown by medical documentation to be at risk and

to render the woman unable to participate in the workforce.

This bill extends the criteria for these benefits to any woman who is already the

custodial parent of a dependent child and who is in any stage of a medically verified

and documented at-risk pregnancy.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Jacque (R) , Spreitzer (D)

19 cosponsors

Baldeh (D) , Behnke (R) , Brandtjen (R) , C. Anderson (D) , Conley (D) , Emerson (D) , Haywood (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Mursau (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Schmidt (R) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tittl (R) , Wichgers (R)

Full history

  1. Apr 14, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Jacque and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Tittl, Conley, C. Anderson, Baldeh, Brandtjen, Emerson, Joers, Mursau, Ohnstad, Ortiz-Velez, Palmeri, Schmidt, Stubbs, Subeck, Wichgers and Behnke

  2. Apr 14, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families

  3. May 8, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jun 14, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Jacobson added as a cosponsor

  5. Aug 29, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Ratcliff added as a cosponsor

  6. Nov 27, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor

  7. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1