Assembly Bill 1044
Grants for patient lift devices and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Community-based residential facility, Health Services, Department of: Supportive living and treatment, Medical service, Nursing homes and adult care, Public safety
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. The last day for votes this session was Mar 19, 2026. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 26, 2026
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 6, 2026: “Fiscal estimate received”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care. The committee's chair at the time was Clint Moses. Chairs decide which bills get a hearing. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 1020. That version died when the session ended.
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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.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill requires the Department of Health Services to establish and administer a program to award grants to adult family homes, community-based residential facilities, nursing homes, and residential care apartment complexes for the purchase of patient lift devices. In order to receive a grant, an applicant must meet criteria established by DHS, including a requirement to report data as specified by DHS or a third party under contract with DHS. Grant recipients must spend grant moneys only on patient lift devices that 1) are approved by DHS, 2) can be operated independently by a patient or resident, 3) can be operated by or with the assistance of facility staff, and 4) aid in mechanically lifting a human.
Who's behind it
19 representatives are its . 17 are Democrats and 2 are Republicans.
4 more lawmakers .
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Authors (19)
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Karen Kirsch · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Sequanna Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (4)
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 6, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 20, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 26, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
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Feb 26, 2026
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 26, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Palmeri, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Kaufert, Kirsch, Madison, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Mursau, Ortiz-Velez, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Subeck, Taylor and Udell; cosponsored by Senators Dassler-Alfheim, Pfaff and Ratcliff
- Feb 26, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
- Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Apr 6, 2026 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
Terms on this page
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. 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
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