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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 14

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Relating to: pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.

Administrative rules — Revisions Health services department of — Health Hospitals and health care facilities Medical education Women

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires hospitals to ensure written informed consent is obtained from a patient before a pelvic exam is performed solely for educational purposes on the patient while the patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious. The bill also creates a Department of Health Services rule providing that hospitals must maintain written policies and procedures requiring written informed consent to be obtained from a patient before a pelvic exam is performed solely for educational purposes on the patient while the patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Habush Sinykin (D) , Hesselbein (D) , Jacque (R) , Keyeski (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Spreitzer (D)

28 cosponsors

Allen (R) , Anderson (D) , Behnke (R) , Brill (R) , Brooks (R) , Dittrich (R) , Emerson (D) , Goeben (R) , Joers and Udell , Kirsch (D) , Knodl (R) , Maxey (R) , Miresse (D) , Murphy (R) , Mursau (R) , Neylon (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman and Fitzgerald , Rodriguez (R) , Roe (D) , Sinicki (D) , Stroud, Clancy and Madison , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Tusler (R) , Vining (D) , Wichgers (R) , Wirch (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 8

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

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 21, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 21, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Feb 3, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Jacque, Carpenter, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Goeben, Subeck, Allen, Anderson, Behnke, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Kirsch, Knodl, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, Rodriguez, Tusler and Wichgers

  2. Feb 3, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Feb 10, 2025 · Senate

    Senator Wirch added as a coauthor

  4. Feb 10, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor

  5. Feb 10, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque

  6. Feb 11, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor

  7. Feb 12, 2025 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  8. Feb 13, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Vining added as a cosponsor

  9. Feb 14, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  10. Feb 20, 2025 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  11. Feb 20, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Roe added as a cosponsor

  12. Feb 21, 2025 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  13. Feb 21, 2025 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  14. Feb 21, 2025 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  15. Feb 24, 2025 · Senate

    Representatives Joers and Udell added as cosponsors

  16. Mar 13, 2025 · Senate

    Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor

  17. Mar 14, 2025 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  18. Mar 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a second time

  19. Mar 18, 2025 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  20. Mar 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  21. Mar 18, 2025 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  22. Mar 18, 2025 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  23. Mar 18, 2025 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  24. Mar 19, 2025 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  25. Apr 24, 2025 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  26. May 7, 2025 · Assembly

    Representatives Penterman and Fitzgerald added as cosponsors

  27. May 9, 2025 · Assembly

    Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 5-13-2025

  28. May 12, 2025 · Assembly

    Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor

  29. May 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Representatives Stroud, Clancy and Madison added as cosponsors

  30. May 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  31. May 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  32. May 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  33. May 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  34. May 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  35. May 13, 2025 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  36. May 13, 2025 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  37. May 14, 2025 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  38. Aug 7, 2025 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 8-7-2025

  39. Aug 11, 2025 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 22

  40. Aug 11, 2025 · Senate

    Published 8-9-2025