Senate Bill 1021
Fall prevention and recovery training, CPR and first aid certification, a duty to provide aid in certain residential facilities, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Topics: Community-based residential facility, Health Services, Department of: Supportive living and treatment, Medical service, Nursing homes and adult care, Public employee
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 12, 2026
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 7, 2026: “Fiscal estimate received”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Health. The committee's chair at the time was Rachael Cabral-Guevara. 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 Assembly as AB 1043. That version died when the session ended.
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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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Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
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Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Signed on in support
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Official term: Cosponsor. More in the glossary
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.
Under this bill, the Department of Health Services must develop or identify fall prevention and recovery training programs for certain employees, as specified by DHS, and for patients and residents of adult family homes, residential care apartment complexes, community-based residential facilities, and nursing homes. Adult family homes, residential care apartment complexes, community-based residential facilities, and nursing homes must administer the fall prevention and recovery trainings to any employees who are required by DHS to receive the training and to patients and residents of the facilities, except for a patient or resident whose health care provider certifies they are not capable of completing the training program.
In addition, under the bill, adult family homes, residential care apartment complexes, community-based residential facilities, and nursing homes must have at least one employee with current certification in CPR, at least one employee with current certification in first aid, and at least one employee who has received fall prevention and recovery training available on the premises at all times a resident or patient is present in the adult family home, residential care apartment complex, community-based residential facility, or nursing home. The bill also imposes a duty upon adult family homes, residential care apartment complexes, community-based residential facilities, and nursing homes to administer CPR and first aid to patients and residents before the arrival of emergency medical services and, before contacting emergency medical services, make an attempt to lift patients and residents who have fallen, appear to be uninjured, and cannot recover on their own.
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The bill also increases the authorized positions for DHS by one full-time quality assurance program specialist position.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Democrats.
20 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Democrat, Senate
- Brad Pfaff · Democrat, Senate
- Melissa Ratcliff · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (20)
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Jill Billings · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Ben DeSmidt · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Joan Fitzgerald · Democrat, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Habush Sinykin · Democrat, Senate
- Jenna Jacobson · Democrat, Assembly
- Karen Kirsch · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Supreme Moore Omokunde · Democrat, Assembly
- Greta Neubauer · Democrat, Assembly
- Sylvia Ortiz-Velez · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Lee Snodgrass · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 7, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 19, 2026
1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Feb 12, 2026
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health.
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Feb 12, 2026
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Dassler-Alfheim, Pfaff and Ratcliff; cosponsored by Representatives Palmeri, Andraca, Billings, Clancy, DeSmidt, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Goodwin, Kirsch, McCarville, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Ortiz-Velez, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Subeck and Udell
- Feb 12, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Senator Habush Sinykin added as a coauthor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Apr 7, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
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