Assembly Bill 23
Establishment of a Palliative Care Council. (FE)
Topics: Health Services, Department of: Administration, Medical service
Passed the Assembly, then stopped
The Assembly passed it on May 13, 2025, but the Senate never voted on it. A bill has to . 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 7, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed May 13, 2025
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The Senate never voted on it.
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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 concur in pursuant to ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Senate as SB 39. That version died when the session ended.
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Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. 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. 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
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 establishes within the Department of Health Services a Palliative Care Council, which includes as members a statewide group of medical and clinical professionals with expertise in the provision of palliative care services, as well as patients or family members of patients who have experience receiving palliative care services, to advise DHS about palliative care issues.
The bill requires the council to consult with and advise DHS regarding 1) outcome evaluation of established palliative care programs; 2) the economic and quality of life effectiveness of palliative care that is provided along with curative treatment; 3) the mechanisms for and adequacy of reimbursement for palliative care services; and 4) any other issues relating to palliative care arising through meetings or discussions, as the council determines appropriate. The bill provides that the council may not consult with or advise DHS on physician-assisted suicide, euthanasia, medical aid in dying, or any other act that would condone, authorize, approve, or permit any affirmative or deliberate act to end life other than the withholding or withdrawing of health care under an advance directive or power of attorney for health care so as to permit the natural process of dying. Under the bill, DHS must, in consultation with the council, establish a statewide palliative care consumer and professional information and education program to ensure that comprehensive and accurate information and education about palliative care are available to the public, health care providers, and health care facilities. The bill provides that DHS must make certain information and resources regarding palliative care available on its website. Under the bill, the council must submit reports to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature providing its analysis on the issues of access to palliative care and the impact of palliative care on health care delivery systems in this state and on families that have experience with palliative care services.
Who's behind it
13 representatives are its . 8 are Democrats and 5 are Republicans.
19 more lawmakers .
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Authors (13)
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Tara Johnson · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Renuka Mayadev · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Jerry O'Connor · Republican, Assembly
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- John Spiros · Republican, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
Signed on in support (19)
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Ortiz-Velez and Stubbs
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
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 3 votes on this bill.
Assembly Committee on Health vote on an amendment
Passed, 14 to 1 · 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 14, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly Committee on Health vote to recommend it
Passed, 14 to 1 · 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 14, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
Assembly vote to pass it
Passed, 96 to 1 · May 13, 2025 · 2 didn't vote
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D: Democrat, R: Republican
Yes (96)
- Adam Neylon (R, 15)
- Alex Dallman (R, 39)
- Alex Joers (D, 81)
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner (D, 90)
- Amanda Nedweski (R, 32)
- Andrew Hysell (D, 48)
- Angela Stroud (D, 73)
- Angelina Cruz (D, 62)
- Angelito Tenorio (D, 14)
- Ann Roe (D, 44)
- Barbara Dittrich (R, 99)
- Ben DeSmidt (D, 65)
- Ben Franklin (R, 88)
- Bob Donovan (R, 61)
- Bob Wittke (R, 63)
- Brienne Brown (D, 43)
- Calvin Callahan (R, 35)
- Chanz Green (R, 74)
- Christian Phelps (D, 93)
- Christine Sinicki (D, 20)
- Cindi Duchow (R, 97)
- Clint Anderson (D, 45)
- Clint Moses (R, 92)
- Dan Knodl (R, 24)
- Darrin Madison (D, 10)
- Dave Armstrong (R, 67)
- Dave Maxey (R, 83)
- Dave Murphy (R, 56)
- David Steffen (R, 4)
- Dean Kaufert (R, 53)
- Deb Andraca (D, 23)
- Duke Tucker (R, 75)
- Elijah Behnke (R, 6)
- Francesca Hong (D, 76)
- Greta Neubauer (D, 66)
- Gus Gustafson (R, 55)
- Jeff Mursau (R, 36)
- Jenna Jacobson (D, 50)
- Jerry O'Connor (R, 60)
- Jessie Rodriguez (R, 21)
- Jill Billings (D, 95)
- Jim Piwowarczyk (R, 98)
- Joan Fitzgerald (D, 46)
- Jodi Emerson (D, 91)
- Joe Sheehan (D, 26)
- Joel Kitchens (R, 1)
- John Spiros (R, 86)
- Joy Goeben (R, 5)
- Kalan Haywood (D, 16)
- Karen DeSanto (D, 40)
- Karen Hurd (R, 69)
- Karen Kirsch (D, 7)
- Kevin Petersen (R, 57)
- Lee Snodgrass (D, 52)
- Lindee Brill (R, 27)
- Lisa Subeck (D, 79)
- Lori Palmeri (D, 54)
- Margaret Arney (D, 18)
- Mark Born (R, 37)
- Maureen McCarville (D, 42)
- Mike Bare (D, 80)
- Nancy VanderMeer (R, 70)
- Pat Snyder (R, 85)
- Paul Melotik (R, 22)
- Paul Tittl (R, 25)
- Priscilla Prado (D, 9)
- Randy Udell (D, 47)
- Renuka Mayadev (D, 77)
- Rick Gundrum (R, 58)
- Rob Brooks (R, 59)
- Rob Kreibich (R, 28)
- Rob Summerfield (R, 68)
- Rob Swearingen (R, 34)
- Robin Vos (R, 33)
- Robyn Vining (D, 13)
- Ron Tusler (R, 3)
- Ryan Clancy (D, 19)
- Ryan Spaude (D, 89)
- Scott Allen (R, 82)
- Scott Krug (R, 72)
- Sequanna Taylor (D, 11)
- Shae Sortwell (R, 2)
- Shannon Zimmerman (R, 30)
- Shelia Stubbs (D, 78)
- Steve Doyle (D, 94)
- Supreme Moore Omokunde (D, 17)
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez (D, 8)
- Tara Johnson (D, 96)
- Tip McGuire (D, 64)
- Todd Novak (R, 51)
- Tony Kurtz (R, 41)
- Travis Tranel (R, 49)
- Treig Pronschinske (R, 29)
- Tyler August (R, 31)
- Vinnie Miresse (D, 71)
- Will Penterman (R, 38)
No (1)
- Chuck Wichgers (R, 84)
Didn't vote (2)
- Brent Jacobson (R, 87)
- Russell Goodwin (D, 12)
Official motion: “PASSAGE”. 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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Sep 22, 2025
1 more senator signed on in support.
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May 14, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Senate Organization.
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May 13, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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May 13, 2025
The Senate received it.
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May 13, 2025
The Assembly passed it, 96 to 1.
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May 13, 2025
The Assembly adopted it.
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Mar 19, 2025 to May 13, 2025
4 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, 14 to 1.
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Mar 4, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 13, 2025 to Feb 24, 2025
3 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
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 7, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
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Feb 7, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 7, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Snyder, Spiros, Bare, Dittrich, Johnson, Kreibich, Mayadev, McCarville, O'Connor, Roe, Stroud, Subeck and Vining; cosponsored by Senators James, Wanggaard, Carpenter, Dassler-Alfheim, Feyen, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer
- Feb 7, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
- Feb 10, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Udell added as a coauthor
- Feb 11, 2025 · Assembly
Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Stubbs added as coauthors
- Feb 12, 2025 · Assembly
Public hearing held
- Feb 13, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Sinicki added as a coauthor
- Feb 18, 2025 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder
- Feb 18, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor
- Feb 24, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Miresse added as a coauthor
- Mar 4, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- 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 14, Noes 1
- Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1
- Mar 17, 2025 · Assembly
Referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 19, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Arney added as a coauthor
- Apr 14, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Joers added as a coauthor
- May 7, 2025 · Assembly
Representative DeSmidt added as a coauthor
- May 9, 2025 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 5-13-2025
- May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Clancy added as a coauthor
- May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Read a second time
- May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Assembly Amendment 1 adopted
- May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 96, Noes 1
- May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- May 13, 2025 · Senate
Received from Assembly
- May 13, 2025 · Senate
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
- May 14, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- May 14, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Sep 22, 2025 · Senate
Senator L. Johnson added as a cosponsor
- Feb 2, 2026 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence. 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. 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
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
Second chamber's vote
A bill has to pass both the Assembly and the Senate in the same form before it goes to the governor.
Official term: Concurrence
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote