Bills by subject

Maternal and infant care

105 bills and resolutions. 12 became law, 1 was vetoed, and 69 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

AB 903 Termination of parental rights under the safe haven law. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 373 Creating a refundable individual income tax credit for the parent of a stillbirth and making an appropriation. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 9, 2026
SB 379 Creating a refundable individual income tax credit for the parent of a stillbirth and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted. Last action Apr 8, 2026
AB 1155 Protection of pregnant individuals’ information, authorization for disclosure, data breach, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 30, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 61

Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 97: Extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 206: The procedure for adding federal newborn screening recommendations to the state-required newborn screenings, granting rule-making authority, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 16, 2026
AB 237: The age at which an infant is covered under the safe haven law.
Became law.
Apr 9, 2026
AB 373: Creating a refundable individual income tax credit for the parent of a stillbirth and making an appropriation. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 402: Coverage of maternity and newborn care under health insurance policies and plans and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 405: Explaining pregnancy, prenatal development, and childbirth as part of a human growth and development instructional program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 546: Limitations on the definition of abortion.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 568: Coverage of infertility services under health policies and plans and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 577: Funding for the birth defect prevention and monitoring system and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 578: Funding for the supplemental food program for women, infants and children during the federal government shutdown and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 607: Housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 702: Income tax credit for in vitro fertilization medical expenses. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 773: The treatment of a pregnant or postpartum person in prison or jail. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 809: Investigation of any pregnancy outcome and civil and criminal liability exemptions relating to pregnancy outcome.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 898: Registration of births by surrogate mother.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
AB 903: Termination of parental rights under the safe haven law. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 989: Minority health grants.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1071: Testing and labeling related to toxic heavy metals in baby food and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1082: A sales and use tax exemption for breastfeeding equipment. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1083: Eliminating recovery by the state for birth expenses paid through the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1084: Dental services for pregnant persons under the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1085: Reimbursement for doula services under the Medical Assistance program, doulas accompanying Medical Assistance recipients in hospitals and birthing centers, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1086: Reimbursement of maternal mental health screenings under the Medical Assistance program and coverage of maternal mental health screenings by health insurance policies and plans. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1087: Special enrollment period for pregnancy.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1088: Postpartum home visits.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1110: Fertility treatment rights, reimbursement of fertility treatments under the Medical Assistance program, and requiring insurance coverage for fertility treatments. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1116: Installation of a newborn infant safety device at an emergency medical services station.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
AB 1155: Protection of pregnant individuals’ information, authorization for disclosure, data breach, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1166: Requiring an employer to provide reasonable break time and accommodations for an employee who is breastfeeding the employee’s child to express breast milk for the child. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1238: Allocation of building trust funds to develop preliminary plans and specification for expansion of the mother-young child care program under the Department of Corrections. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 19, 2026
SB 23: Extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE)
Became law.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 145: The procedure for adding federal newborn screening recommendations to the state-required newborn screenings, granting rule-making authority, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 243: The age at which an infant is covered under the safe haven law.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 371: Explaining pregnancy, prenatal development, and childbirth as part of a human growth and development instructional program. (FE)
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Apr 8, 2026
SB 379: Creating a refundable individual income tax credit for the parent of a stillbirth and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 401: Coverage of maternity and newborn care under health insurance policies and plans and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 552: Funding for the birth defect prevention and monitoring system and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 553: Limitations on the definition of abortion.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 566: Coverage of infertility services under health policies and plans and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 574: Funding for the supplemental food program for women, infants and children during the federal government shutdown and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 605: Housing and homelessness; emergency rental assistance program; indigent civil legal services; workforce development; community action agencies; poverty reports; mental health; economic security; reimbursement for nonemergency medical transportation services; urban mass transit aid; lead exposure and abatement services; lead service line replacement; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 687: Income tax credit for in vitro fertilization medical expenses. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 755: The treatment of a pregnant or postpartum person in prison or jail. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 804: Investigation of any pregnancy outcome and civil and criminal liability exemptions relating to pregnancy outcome.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 888: Registration of births by surrogate mother.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 893: Termination of parental rights under the safe haven law. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1002: Minority health grants.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1073: Installation of a newborn infant safety device at an emergency medical services station.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1101: Postpartum home visits.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1102: Reimbursement of maternal mental health screenings under the Medical Assistance program and coverage of maternal mental health screenings by health insurance policies and plans. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1103: Special enrollment period for pregnancy.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1104: A sales and use tax exemption for breastfeeding equipment. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1105: Dental services for pregnant persons under the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1108: Reimbursement for doula services under the Medical Assistance program, doulas accompanying Medical Assistance recipients in hospitals and birthing centers, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1110: Allocation of building trust funds to develop preliminary plans and specification for expansion of the mother-young child care program under the Department of Corrections. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1119: Protection of pregnant individuals’ information, authorization for disclosure, data breach, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1127: Fertility treatment rights, reimbursement of fertility treatments under the Medical Assistance program, and requiring insurance coverage for fertility treatments. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1131: Requiring an employer to provide reasonable break time and accommodations for an employee who is breastfeeding the employee’s child to express breast milk for the child. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1162: Eliminating recovery by the state for birth expenses paid through the Medical Assistance program. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 27

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 214: Sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 293: The use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 348: Family planning services and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 349: Family planning services under the Medical Assistance waiver program.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 396: Relinquishing custody of a newborn child.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 434: False advertising by limited services pregnancy centers, providing a penalty, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 446: Time limits and other participation requirements, case management services, and caretaker of newborn grants under Wisconsin Works; child care provider rates and eligibility for subsidies under Wisconsin Shares; and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 448: A prohibition on partial-birth abortions and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
May 14, 2012
AB 622: Requiring pulse oximetry in newborns.
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2012
AB 693: Evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; requiring informed consent for performance of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 34: Honoring pregnancy care centers and proclaiming October 2011 as Pregnancy Care Month.
Stopped in committee.
Nov 1, 2011
AJR 66: Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 80: Recognizing January 22-28, 2012, as reproductive rights awareness week.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 81: Women's reproductive rights.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 103: Recognizing January 22-28, 2012, as reproductive rights awareness week.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 172: Sale and use of fetal body parts and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Dec 12, 2011
SB 208: The use of child restraint systems in motor vehicles.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 279: Family planning services under the Medical Assistance waiver program.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 282: Family planning services and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 313: Relinquishing custody of a newborn child.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 336: Time limits and other participation requirements, case management services, and caretaker of newborn grants under Wisconsin Works; child care provider rates and eligibility for subsidies under Wisconsin Shares; and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 460: The provision of notices to, and the exercise of rights by, an unborn child's guardian ad litem in unborn child in need of protection or services proceedings investigations when the individual who is suspected of the abuse or neglect cannot be identified; eliminating a voluntary foster care education program developed by the Department of Children and Families; releasing a frozen bank account of a support obligor; deleting a reference to minors acknowledging paternity; parties on whom the summons and petition must be served in a paternity action when the respondent is deceased; and the maximum prison term length stated in the form for a paternity action summons (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Children and Families).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 532: Evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; requiring informed consent for performance of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Nov 2, 2011
SJR 28: Honoring pregnancy care centers and proclaiming October 2011 as Pregnancy Care Month.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 61: Recognizing January 22-28, 2012, as reproductive rights awareness week.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 17

Mar 16, 2010
AB 57: Permitting a mother to breast-feed in any public or private location where she is otherwise authorized to be.
Became law.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 405: Prohibiting the manufacture and sale of bottles and cups for children that contain bisphenol A, creating labeling requirements, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 486: Requiring consultation with a child in determining and reviewing his or her permanency plan; requiring agencies, in making reasonable efforts to place a child in a permanent placement, to include efforts to place the child outside this state; requiring juvenile courts to take certain actions to expedite the interstate placement of children; requiring juvenile courts to give a child's out-of-home care provider the right to be heard in proceedings involving the child; requiring notice to relatives when a child is removed from the home; requiring reasonable efforts to place siblings together or to provide for visitation between siblings; requiring agencies to assist children in developing a plan for transition to independent living; requiring health care providers to report cases of infants with controlled substances in their bodily fluids to the agency responsible for investigating suspected child abuse or neglect; authorizing circuit court commissioners to conduct permanency plan reviews and hearings; specifying certain placements for purposes of calculating how long a child has been placed outside the home for purposes of filing a termination of parental rights petition; and permitting disclosure of information to a relative of a child for purposes of facilitating placement of the child with the relative or to a public or private agency in this state or any other state for purposes of investigating a proposed foster or adoptive placement.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 488: Requiring newborn hearing screening.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 512: Health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and other drug abuse problems.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 30, 2009
AJR 10: Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
May 19, 2009
AJR 48: Proclaiming May 2, 2009, as Pediatric Stroke Awareness Day.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 74: Designating each October as hydrocephalus awareness month.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 102: Proclaiming February 7 to 14, 2010, as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week.
Stopped in committee.

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Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject