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Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 797

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Relating to: a onetime grant to establish an online dashboard of health care claims information, funding to support increased operational costs for the Wisconsin Health Information Organization, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Health services department of — Administration Health services department of — Health Insurance — Health Insurance — Life and accident Organization miscellaneous

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Health Services and the Department of Employee Trust Funds may contract with a data organization to request health care claims information from insurers and administrators and to perform other duties specified under current law. Currently, DHS contracts with the Wisconsin Health Information Organization (WHIO) to collect this data and perform these duties.

The bill directs DHS to award a onetime grant to WHIO, as the contracted data organization, to establish an online dashboard of health care claims information and to onboard new payer data and increases an appropriation to DHS for that purpose. The bill also increases an appropriation to DHS to support the contracted data organization’s increased operational costs.

The bill provides that if other legislation relating to mandatory participation in WHIO does not become law during the 2025 legislative session, the provisions in this bill are void.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Felzkowski (R) , Testin (R)

12 cosponsors

Bare (D) , Behnke (R) , Dittrich (R) , Donovan (R) , Doyle (D) , Kaufert (R) , Knodl (R) , Larson (D) , Maxey (R) , Murphy (R) , Udell (D) , Wichgers (R)

Registered lobbying interests · 7

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 passage recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1

Passed 4–1 Jan 13, 2026 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. Dec 22, 2025 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Felzkowski and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Maxey, Donovan, Bare, Behnke, Dittrich, Kaufert, Knodl, Murphy and Wichgers

  2. Dec 22, 2025 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs

  3. Jan 7, 2026 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 7, 2026 · Senate

    Senator Larson added as a coauthor

  5. Jan 8, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Udell added as a cosponsor

  6. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  7. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  8. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1

  9. Jan 13, 2026 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  10. Jan 23, 2026 · Senate

    Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor

  11. Jan 29, 2026 · Senate

    Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)

  12. Mar 23, 2026 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1