Senate Bill 1066
Use of artificial intelligence to deny prior authorization for medical necessity or experimental status
Topics: Data processing, Insurance: Health, Medical practice, Group
Stopped in committee
It had a but no committee vote, 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 26, 2026
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. It had a hearing but no committee vote.
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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, Mar 30, 2026: “Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor”
It sat with the Senate Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism.
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 1109. That version died when the session ended.
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill provides that a health insurance policy or self-insured governmental health plan may not use artificial intelligence to deny a prior authorization for medical necessity or experimental status. Rather, under the bill, a licensed health care provider who is an individual must review a prior authorization that involves medical necessity or experimental status before the policy or plan may deny the prior authorization.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . All 3 are Democrats.
15 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Kelda Roys · Democrat, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (15)
- Clint Anderson · Democrat, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Tim Carpenter · Democrat, Senate
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelina Cruz · Democrat, Assembly
- Sarah Keyeski · Democrat, Senate
- Karen Kirsch · Democrat, Assembly
- Darrin Madison · Democrat, Assembly
- Maureen McCarville · Democrat, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Lori Palmeri · Democrat, Assembly
- Amaad Rivera-Wagner · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Angelito Tenorio · Democrat, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 30, 2026
1 more senator signed on in support.
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 6, 2026 to Mar 19, 2026
3 more representatives and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Mar 4, 2026
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 2, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Feb 26, 2026
Sent to the Senate Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism.
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Feb 26, 2026
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 26, 2026 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Roys, Larson and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Tenorio, Cruz, Clancy, Madison, McCarville, Miresse, Rivera-Wagner, Sinicki and Udell
- Feb 26, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism
- Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
- Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
Representative Kirsch added as a cosponsor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative Palmeri added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
Senator Keyeski added as a coauthor
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
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