Assembly Bill 97
Extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE)
Topics: Health Services, Department of: Health, 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.
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Introduced, passed
Feb 28, 2025
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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, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Rules. The committee's chair at the time was Tyler August. 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 23. That version became law.
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Committee
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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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Author
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Signed on in support
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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 seek approval from the federal Department of Health and Human Services to extend until the last day of the month in which the 365th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls Medical Assistance benefits to women who are eligible for those benefits when pregnant. Currently, postpartum women are eligible for Medical Assistance benefits until the last day of the month in which the 60th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls.
2021 Wisconsin Act 58 required DHS to seek approval from the federal Department of Health and Human Services to extend these postpartum Medical Assistance benefits until the last day of the month in which the 90th day after the last day of the pregnancy falls. On June 3, 2022, DHS filed a Section 1115 Demonstration Waiver application with the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to extend postpartum coverage for eligible Medical Assistance recipients, as required by 2021 Wisconsin Act 58 . The Medical Assistance program is a joint federal and state program that provides health services to individuals who have limited financial resources.
Who's behind it
67 representatives are its . 41 are Democrats and 26 are Republicans.
29 more lawmakers .
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Authors (67)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Margaret Arney · Democrat, Assembly
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelina Cruz · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Cindi Duchow · Republican, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben Franklin · Republican, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Rick Gundrum · Republican, Assembly
- Gus Gustafson · Republican, Assembly
- Francesca Hong · Democrat, Assembly
- Andrew Hysell · Democrat, Assembly
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Tara Johnson · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Karen Kirsch · Democrat, Assembly
- Joel Kitchens · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Kreibich · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Tony Kurtz · Republican, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Renuka Mayadev · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Paul Melotik · Republican, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Jeff Mursau · Republican, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Adam Neylon · Republican, Assembly
- Todd Novak · Republican, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Kevin Petersen · Republican, Assembly
- Christian Phelps · Democrat, Assembly
- Priscilla Prado · Democrat, Assembly
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner · Democrat, Assembly
- Jessie Rodriguez · Republican, Assembly
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Joe Sheehan · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Pat Snyder · Republican, Assembly
- Ryan Spaude · Democrat, Assembly
- David Steffen · Republican, Assembly
- Angela Stroud · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Summerfield · Republican, Assembly
- Sequanna Taylor · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Robyn Vining · Democrat, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Wittke · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (29)
- Julian Bradley · Republican, Senate
- Calvin Callahan · Republican, Assembly
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Dora Drake · Democrat, Senate
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Dan Feyen · Republican, Senate
- Joy Goeben · Republican, Assembly
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- Jesse James · Republican, Senate
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- LaTonya Johnson · Democrat, Senate
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Tip McGuire · Democrat, Assembly
- Moses and Brooks
- Ortiz-Velez, DeSanto and Haywood
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
- Cory Tomczyk · Republican, Senate
- Travis Tranel · Republican, Assembly
- Jamie Wall · Democrat, Senate
- Van Wanggaard · Republican, Senate
- Eric Wimberger · Republican, Senate
- Bob Wirch · Democrat, Senate
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Feb 18, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Feb 12, 2026
Sent to the Assembly Committee on State Affairs.
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Nov 25, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Nov 19, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization.
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Sep 3, 2025
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Apr 7, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 11, 2025 to Mar 21, 2025
7 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Feb 28, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform.
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Feb 28, 2025
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Feb 28, 2025 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Snyder, Rodriguez, Allen, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Behnke, Billings, Brown, Clancy, Cruz, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Donovan, Doyle, Duchow, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Franklin, Goodwin, Gundrum, Gustafson, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Kaufert, Kirsch, Kitchens, Kreibich, Krug, Kurtz, Madison, Maxey, Mayadev, McCarville, Melotik, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Mursau, Neubauer, Neylon, Novak, Palmeri, Petersen, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Steffen, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio, Tusler, Udell, Vining, Wichgers, Wittke and Summerfield; cosponsored by Senators James, Felzkowski, Bradley, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Feyen, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Marklein, Pfaff, Quinn, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Tomczyk, Wall, Wanggaard, Wimberger, Wirch and Carpenter
- Feb 28, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform
- Mar 11, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Callahan added as a coauthor
- Mar 12, 2025 · Assembly
- Mar 19, 2025 · Assembly
Representative McGuire added as a coauthor
- Mar 20, 2025 · Assembly
Representatives Ortiz-Velez, DeSanto and Haywood added as coauthors
- Mar 21, 2025 · Assembly
Senator L. Johnson added as a cosponsor
- Apr 7, 2025 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Sep 3, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Goeben added as a coauthor
- Nov 19, 2025 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform and referred to committee on Assembly Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
- Nov 25, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Tranel added as a coauthor
- Feb 12, 2026 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Assembly Organization and referred to committee on State Affairs pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
- Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on State Affairs and referred to committee on Rules
- Feb 18, 2026 · Assembly
Made a special order of business at 11:03 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14
- Feb 19, 2026 · 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.
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