Senate Bill 1073
Installation of a newborn infant safety device at an emergency medical services station
Topics: Maternal and infant care, Medical service: Occupations
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 26, 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, Mar 23, 2026: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families. The committee's chair at the time was Jesse James. 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 1116. 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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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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.
Under current law, commonly referred to as the “safe haven law,” a child whom a law enforcement officer, emergency medical technician, or hospital staff member reasonably believes to be 72 hours old or younger (newborn infant) may be taken into custody under circumstances in which a parent of the newborn infant relinquishes custody of the newborn infant to the law enforcement officer, emergency medical technician, or hospital staff member and does not express an intent to return for the newborn infant or in which a parent of the newborn infant leaves the child in a newborn infant safety device installed in a supporting wall of an authorized location and does not express an intent to return for the newborn infant. Current law authorizes only a hospital, fire station, or law enforcement agency to install a newborn infant safety device, and only if the following conditions are met: 1) the building is staffed 24 hours per day or, in the case of a fire station, is staffed 24 hours per day with an emergency medical services practitioner; 2) the device is physically part of the building; 3) the device is equipped with a surveillance system that allows employees at the location to monitor the inside of the device 24 hours per day; and 4) the device is located such that the interior point of access is in an area that is conspicuous and visible to employees of the location. This bill adds an emergency medical services station to the locations that may install a newborn infant safety device. Under the bill, an emergency medical services station is a facility staffed with an emergency medical services practitioner that is not a hospital or fire station.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . 2 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Dianne Hesselbein · Democrat, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Mark Spreitzer · Democrat, Senate
Signed on in support (12)
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Brienne Brown · Democrat, Assembly
- Ryan Clancy · Democrat, Assembly
- Jodi Emerson · Democrat, Assembly
- Russell Goodwin · Democrat, Assembly
- Alex Joers · Democrat, Assembly
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Vinnie Miresse · Democrat, Assembly
- Ann Roe · Democrat, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 2, 2026 to Mar 19, 2026
2 more representatives signed on in support.
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Feb 26, 2026
Sent to the Senate Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families.
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Feb 26, 2026
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 26, 2026 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Jacque and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Bare, Brown, Emerson, Goodwin, Joers, Maxey, Miresse, Roe, Sinicki and Udell
- Feb 26, 2026 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families
- Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Representative Clancy added as a cosponsor
- Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
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
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