Senate Bill 68
The prescription drug monitoring program. (FE)
Topics: Controlled Substances Board, Drugs, Sunset
Became law
The governor signed it on Mar 28, 2025. It's .
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Introduced, passed
Feb 24, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, passed
Passed Mar 18, 2025
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Assembly vote, passed
Passed Mar 20, 2025
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Governor, passed
Signed
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Law, here now
2025 Wisconsin Act 5
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2025: “Published 3-29-2025”
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 68. That version died when the session ended.
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Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
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Author
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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
Roll call
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Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
What it does
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law requires the Controlled Substances Board to establish a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) that requires pharmacies and health care practitioners to generate records documenting the dispensing of monitored prescription drugs. Records from the PDMP may be disclosed to persons specified under current law or by the board by rule. This bill makes changes to certain requirements under the PDMP:
1. Subject to exceptions, current law requires that a patient’s records under the program be reviewed before a practitioner issues a prescription order for the patient. However, current law provides that this requirement does not apply after April 1, 2025. The bill extends the application of this requirement by five years, to April 1, 2030.
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2. Current law requires the board to conduct a quarterly review of the PDMP to evaluate the actual outcomes of the PDMP compared with projected outcomes. However, current law provides that this requirement does not apply after October 30, 2025. The bill extends the application of this requirement by five years, to October 30, 2030.
Who's behind it
Patrick Testin, a Republican, is its .
3 more lawmakers .
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Author (1)
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (3)
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Stubbs and Moore Omokunde
- Lisa Subeck · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
How lawmakers voted
There was one vote on this bill.
Senate Committee on Mental Health vote to recommend it
Passed, 5 to 0 · Mar 7, 2025
No member-by-member record exists for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.
Official motion: “Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 28, 2025
The new law was published.
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Mar 28, 2025
The governor signed it. It became 2025 Wisconsin Act 5.
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Mar 24, 2025
Sent to the governor.
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Mar 20, 2025
The Assembly passed it too.
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Mar 18, 2025
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Rules.
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Mar 18, 2025
The Assembly received it.
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Mar 18, 2025
The Senate passed it.
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Mar 12, 2025 to Mar 13, 2025
3 more representatives signed on in support.
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Mar 7, 2025
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 5 to 0.
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Mar 6, 2025
The committee held a public hearing.
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Mar 5, 2025
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Feb 24, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families.
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Feb 24, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Feb 24, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senator Testin; cosponsored by Representative Dittrich
- Feb 24, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families
- Mar 5, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 6, 2025 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Mar 7, 2025 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Mar 7, 2025 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
- Mar 7, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Mar 12, 2025 · Senate
Representatives Stubbs and Moore Omokunde added as cosponsors
- Mar 13, 2025 · Senate
Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
- Mar 14, 2025 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- Mar 18, 2025 · Senate
Read a second time
- Mar 18, 2025 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 18, 2025 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- Mar 18, 2025 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
- Mar 18, 2025 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 18, 2025 · Assembly
Received from Senate
- Mar 18, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
- Mar 18, 2025 · Assembly
Placed on calendar 3-20-2025 by Committee on Rules
- Mar 20, 2025 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- Mar 20, 2025 · Assembly
Read a second time
- Mar 20, 2025 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
- Mar 20, 2025 · Assembly
Rules suspended
- Mar 20, 2025 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
- Mar 20, 2025 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
- Mar 20, 2025 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
- Mar 21, 2025 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
- Mar 24, 2025 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 3-24-2025
- Mar 28, 2025 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 3-28-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 5
- Mar 28, 2025 · Senate
Published 3-29-2025
Terms on this page
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act. 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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Wisconsin Act
The number a bill gets when it becomes law, like 2025 Wisconsin Act 12.
Official term: Act
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
Roll call
A vote where each lawmaker's yes or no is recorded by name.
Official term: Roll call vote