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Bills from the 2023–24 session

Senate Bill 734

The elimination of certain abortion-related regulations

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

    Nov 21, 2023

  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, Apr 15, 2024: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Licensing, Constitution and Federalism. 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 repeals various abortion-related laws, including all of the following:

1. The bill eliminates certain specific procedural requirements that must be met under current law before the performance of an abortion. Current law requires that a person upon whom an abortion is to be performed or induced must give voluntary and informed written consent to an abortion. For the purposes of an individual's consent to an abortion, except in a medical emergency, consent is considered informed only if, before the abortion is performed or induced at a time specified in current law, the physician or an assistant has, in person, orally provided the person upon whom an abortion is to be performed with certain information and given that person certain written materials.

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2. The bill eliminates the prohibition on giving a woman an abortion-inducing drug unless the physician who provides the drug for the woman performs a physical exam on the woman and is physically present in the room when the drug is given to the woman.

3. The bill eliminates the prohibition on coverage of abortions by qualified health plans offered through a health benefit exchange in this state.

4. The bill eliminates the current law requirement for minors to obtain parental consent or a waiver of parental consent in order to proceed with an abortion.

5. The bill repeals the statute that prohibits the performance of abortions by a physician who does not have admitting privileges in a hospital within 30 miles of the location where the abortion is to be performed. This statute was previously held to be unenforceable by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Planned Parenthood of Wis., Inc. v. Schimel , 806 F.3d 908 (7th Cir. 2015), which affirmed a permanent injunction granted by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.

6. The bill repeals the criminal penalty on a person who is not a physician and who intentionally performs an abortion. The bill also repeals the prohibition on performing an abortion after the fetus or unborn child has reached viability, as well as the prohibition on abortion if the probable postfertilization age of the fetus or unborn child is 20 or more weeks.

Who's behind it

10 senators are its ⁠. All 10 are Democrats.

21 more lawmakers ⁠.

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Authors (10)

Signed on in support (21)

What happened

  1. Apr 15, 2024

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Nov 27, 2023

    1 more representative signed on in support.

  3. Nov 21, 2023

    Sent to the Senate Committee on Licensing, Constitution and Federalism.

  4. Nov 21, 2023

    Introduced in the Senate.

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  1. Nov 21, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Roys, Agard, Carpenter, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Larson, Smith, Spreitzer, Taylor and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Hong, C. Anderson, J. Anderson, Clancy, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Jacobson, Joers, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ohnstad, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Shelton, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stubbs and Subeck

  2. Nov 21, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Constitution and Federalism

  3. Nov 27, 2023 · Senate

    Representative Haywood added as a cosponsor

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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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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Author

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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.

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