Senate Bill 797
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)
Topics: Health Services, Department of: Administration, Insurance: Health, Organization, Miscellaneous
Stopped before the full Senate voted
The recommended passing it, but the full Senate never voted on it. 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
Dec 22, 2025
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Committee, passed
Approved
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Senate vote, stopped here
Stopped here. The full Senate never voted on it.
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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 ”
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The same bill was also filed in the Assembly as AB 802. 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.
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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
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.
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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.
Who's behind it
2 senators are its . All 2 are Republicans.
12 more lawmakers .
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Authors (2)
- Mary Felzkowski · Republican, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (12)
- Mike Bare · Democrat, Assembly
- Elijah Behnke · Republican, Assembly
- Barbara Dittrich · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Donovan · Republican, Assembly
- Steve Doyle · Democrat, Assembly
- Dean Kaufert · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Chris Larson · Democrat, Senate
- Dave Maxey · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Randy Udell · Democrat, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, 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 Licensing vote to recommend it
Passed, 4 to 1 · Jan 13, 2026
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 Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1”. Official record · This vote on its own page
What happened
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Mar 23, 2026
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 29, 2026
Sent to the Joint Committee on Finance.
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Jan 23, 2026
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 13, 2026
The committee voted to recommend passing it, 4 to 1.
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Jan 13, 2026
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Jan 7, 2026 to Jan 8, 2026
1 more representative and 1 senator signed on in support.
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Jan 7, 2026
The committee held a public hearing.
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Dec 22, 2025
Sent to the Senate Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs.
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Dec 22, 2025
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Dec 22, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Felzkowski and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Maxey, Donovan, Bare, Behnke, Dittrich, Kaufert, Knodl, Murphy and Wichgers
- Dec 22, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs
- Jan 7, 2026 · Senate
Public hearing held
- Jan 7, 2026 · Senate
Senator Larson added as a coauthor
- Jan 8, 2026 · Senate
Representative Udell added as a cosponsor
- Jan 13, 2026 · Senate
Executive action taken
- Jan 13, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 13, 2026 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Licensing, Regulatory Reform, State and Federal Affairs, Ayes 4, Noes 1
- Jan 13, 2026 · Senate
Available for scheduling
- Jan 23, 2026 · Senate
Representative Doyle added as a cosponsor
- Jan 29, 2026 · Senate
Withdrawn from committee on Senate Organization and rereferred to joint committee on Finance pursuant to Senate Rule 46(2)(c)
- 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.
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
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
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
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
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