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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 490

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Relating to: implementing a suicide prevention program and making an appropriation. (FE)

Death Defibrillator Health services department of — Health Public employee

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Health Services to implement a statewide suicide prevention program, coordinate suicide prevention activities with other state agencies, administer grant programs involving suicide prevention, and perform various other functions specified in the bill to promote efforts to prevent suicide. The bill authorizes two positions in DHS for implementing the suicide prevention program, one of which is the director of the suicide prevention program. The bill also provides DHS with $250,000 in fiscal year 2025-26 and $250,000 in fiscal year 2026-27 to implement the program.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Andraca (D) , Arney (D) , Bare (D) , Clancy (D) , DeSmidt (D) , Doyle (D) , Emerson (D) , Fitzgerald (D) , Goodwin (D) , Hong (D) , Hysell (D) , Joers (D) , Johnson (D) , Kaufert (R) , Madison (D) , Mayadev (D) , McCarville (D) , Miresse (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Neubauer (D) , Ortiz-Velez (D) , Palmeri (D) , Phelps (D) , Prado (D) , Rivera-Wagner (D) , Sheehan (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stroud (D) , Subeck (D) , Udell (D)

14 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Dassler-Alfheim (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , J. Jacobson (D) , Keyeski (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Roys (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Vining (D) , Wirch (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 1

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Full history

  1. Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Doyle, Andraca, Emerson, McCarville, DeSmidt, Miresse, Bare, Fitzgerald, Sinicki, Subeck, Snodgrass, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Clancy, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Sheehan, Joers, Phelps, Kaufert, Palmeri, Hysell, Rivera-Wagner, Arney, Mayadev, Hong, Goodwin, Udell, Stroud, Prado and Johnson; cosponsored by Senators Pfaff, Habush Sinykin, Carpenter, Ratcliff, Roys, Wirch, Hesselbein, Larson, Dassler-Alfheim, Smith, Spreitzer and Keyeski

  2. Oct 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention

  3. Feb 9, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  4. Mar 20, 2026 · Assembly

    Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  5. Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1