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Bills from the 2025–26 session

Assembly Bill 1083

Eliminating recovery by the state for birth expenses paid through the Medical Assistance program. (FE)

Topics: Court: Procedure, Family: Support, Judgment, Maternal and infant care, Medical assistance

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.

  1. Introduced, passed

    Feb 26, 2026

  2. Committee, stopped here

    Stopped here. No public hearing was held.

  3. Assembly vote, not reached

  4. Senate vote, not reached

  5. Governor, not reached

  6. Law, not reached

Latest entry in the official record, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ⁠”

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 1162. That version died when the session ended.

What it would have done

Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill prohibits the state from seeking recovery of birth expenses paid by the state through the Medical Assistance program on behalf of an unmarried person who gave birth and was a Medical Assistance recipient at the time of the birth. The bill also prohibits a court from including in a judgment or order relating to paternity an order for a father to pay for the recovery of such expenses paid by the state under the Medical Assistance program. Under current law, a court must include in a paternity order an order establishing the amount of the father’s obligation to pay or contribute to up to half of the actual and reasonable pregnancy and birth expenses, taking into account the father’s income and ability to pay. Also under current law, a person applying for Medical Assistance, as a condition of eligibility for Medical Assistance, is deemed to have assigned to the state any rights to medical support or other payment of medical expenses from any other person, which includes the right to recovery of birth expenses. Further, under current law, if the mother of a child was enrolled in a health maintenance organization or other prepaid health care plan under the Medical Assistance program at the time of the child’s birth, the state could seek to recover from the father the birth expenses incurred by the health maintenance organization or other prepaid health care plan. This bill prohibits the state from seeking recovery of these expenses and prohibits a court from ordering recovery of these expenses on behalf of the state.

Who's behind it

7 representatives are its ⁠. All 7 are Democrats.

7 more lawmakers ⁠.

See all 14 names

Authors (7)

Signed on in support (7)

What happened

  1. Mar 23, 2026

    The session ended, and the bill died with it.

  2. Mar 19, 2026

    2 more representatives signed on in support.

  3. Feb 26, 2026

    Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.

  4. Feb 26, 2026

    Introduced in the Assembly.

See the official record, word for word
  1. Feb 26, 2026 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Stubbs, Moore Omokunde, Arney, Goodwin, Hong, Sinicki and Palmeri; cosponsored by Senators L. Johnson, Roys, Ratcliff, Hesselbein and Larson

  2. Feb 26, 2026 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

  3. Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 19, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Mayadev added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    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

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Author

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Signed on in support

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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

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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

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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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