Assembly Bill 11
Pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients
Topics: Administrative rules: Revisions, Health Services, Department of: Health, Hospitals and health care facilities, Medical education, Women
Stopped before the full Assembly voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Assembly never voted on it. 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 6, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Assembly never voted on it.
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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, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 14. That version became law.
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Committee
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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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
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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 hospitals to ensure written informed consent is obtained from a patient before a pelvic exam is performed solely for educational purposes on the patient while the patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious. The bill also creates a Department of Health Services rule providing that hospitals must maintain written policies and procedures requiring written informed consent to be obtained from a patient before a pelvic exam is performed solely for educational purposes on the patient while the patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious.
Who's behind it
18 representatives are its . 14 are Republicans and 4 are Democrats.
21 more lawmakers .
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Authors (18)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Lindee Brill · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Joy Goeben · Republican, Assembly
- Karen Kirsch · Democrat, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Adam Neylon · Republican, Assembly
- Jessie Rodriguez · Republican, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (21)
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- DeSmidt and Fitzgerald
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Joers and Udell
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Will Penterman · Republican, Assembly
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Stroud, Clancy and Madison
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
Versions and amendments
Every text the Legislature printed for this bill, including proposed changes. Each opens on the Legislature's site.
How lawmakers voted
There were 2 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Health vote on an amendment
Passed, 15 to 0 · Mar 17, 2025
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Health vote to recommend it
Passed, 15 to 0 · Mar 17, 2025
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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May 6, 2025 to May 13, 2025
7 more representatives signed on in support.
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Mar 17, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 17, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 15 to 0.
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Feb 13, 2025 to Mar 13, 2025
7 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 12, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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Feb 10, 2025 to Feb 11, 2025
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 6, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
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Feb 6, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 6, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Goeben, Subeck, Allen, Anderson, Behnke, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Kirsch, Knodl, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, Rodriguez, Tusler, Wichgers and Tenorio; cosponsored by Senators Jacque, Carpenter, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Larson
- Feb 6, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
- Feb 10, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Sinicki added as a coauthor
- Feb 11, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
- Feb 12, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 12, 2025 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Goeben
- Feb 13, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Vining added as a coauthor
- Feb 14, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
- Feb 20, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Roe added as a coauthor
- Feb 21, 2025 · Assembly
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- Feb 24, 2025 · Assembly
- Mar 13, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Miresse added as a coauthor
- Mar 13, 2025 · Assembly
Executive action taken
- Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 15, Noes 0
- Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- May 6, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Penterman added as a coauthor
- May 7, 2025 · Assembly
Representatives DeSmidt and Fitzgerald added as coauthors
- May 9, 2025 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 5-13-2025
- May 12, 2025 · Assembly
Representative O'Connor added as a coauthor
- May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Representatives Stroud, Clancy and Madison added as coauthors
- May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Laid on the table
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. 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.
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote