Bills by subject

Medical service

145 bills and resolutions. 26 became law, 5 were vetoed, and 43 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 104 Prohibiting gender transition medical intervention for individuals under 18 years of age.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 308 Prohibiting funding for health services for unlawfully present individuals. (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
SB 214 Registration of out-of-state health care providers to provide telehealth services. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 405 A civil cause of action for a minor injured by a gender transition procedure.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 52

Mar 23, 2026
AB 23: Establishment of a Palliative Care Council. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 49: A minor’s authority to consent to health care.
Stopped in committee.
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 92: Spinal cord injury research grants and symposia and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 13, 2026
AB 104: Prohibiting gender transition medical intervention for individuals under 18 years of age.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 197: A levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 199: Reimbursement of emergency services under the Medical Assistance program when a patient is not transported, reporting on changes to the scope of practice of emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 212: Registration of out-of-state health care providers to provide telehealth services. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 13, 2026
AB 308: Prohibiting funding for health services for unlawfully present individuals. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 400: A civil cause of action for a minor injured by a gender transition procedure.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

Show 42 more

Mar 23, 2026
AB 410: Grants for falls prevention awareness and initiatives and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 432: Transparency and regulation of prior authorization requirements under health insurance plans. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 498: Automated external defibrillators in child care centers and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 547: Regulating medical cannabis, the prescription drug monitoring program, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 563: Requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke in operating rooms. (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 720: Coverage and reimbursement of emergency ambulance services under health insurance policies and plans. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 794: Independent contractor healthcare workers and healthcare worker platforms.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 806: Parental access to health records of minors.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 27, 2026
AB 931: Grants to HealthNet of Rock County, Inc.; a reference to generalized public health nursing programs; and updating terminology from “advanced practice nurse prescriber” to “advanced practice registered nurse” (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health Services).
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 973: Grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriation. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1002: Funding for grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriation. (FE)
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1043: Fall prevention and recovery training, CPR and first aid certification, a duty to provide aid in certain residential facilities, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 6, 2026
AB 1044: Grants for patient lift devices and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1121: Health insurance coverage of prosthetic limbs and custom orthotic braces. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
AB 1218: Preventing surprise bills for emergency medical services and other items and services under health insurance policies and plans. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 39: Establishment of a Palliative Care Council. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
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 70: A minor’s authority to consent to health care.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 99: Spinal cord injury research grants and symposia and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 157: Prohibiting gender transition medical intervention for individuals under 18 years of age.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 9, 2026
SB 181: A levy limit exemption for regional emergency medical systems and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)
Became law.
Oct 22, 2025
SB 183: Reimbursement of emergency services under the Medical Assistance program when a patient is not transported, reporting on changes to the scope of practice of emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and eligibility for the expenditure restraint incentive program. (FE)
Became law.
May 13, 2026
SB 214: Registration of out-of-state health care providers to provide telehealth services. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 311: Prohibiting funding for health services for unlawfully present individuals. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 13, 2026
SB 405: A civil cause of action for a minor injured by a gender transition procedure.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 410: Grants for falls prevention awareness and initiatives and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 434: Transparency and regulation of prior authorization requirements under health insurance plans. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 437: Automated external defibrillators in child care centers and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 442: Requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers to implement policies to prevent exposure to surgical smoke in operating rooms. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 534: Regulating medical cannabis, the prescription drug monitoring program, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
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 711: Coverage and reimbursement of emergency ambulance services under health insurance policies and plans. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 768: Independent contractor healthcare workers and healthcare worker platforms.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 13, 2026
SB 799: Parental access to health records of minors.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 910: Grants to HealthNet of Rock County, Inc.; a reference to generalized public health nursing programs; and updating terminology from “advanced practice nurse prescriber” to “advanced practice registered nurse” (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health Services).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 977: Grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 997: Funding for grants for economic support specialists and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 15, 2026
SB 1020: Grants for patient lift devices and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 7, 2026
SB 1021: Fall prevention and recovery training, CPR and first aid certification, a duty to provide aid in certain residential facilities, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1077: Health insurance coverage of prosthetic limbs and custom orthotic braces. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
SB 1164: Preventing surprise bills for emergency medical services and other items and services under health insurance policies and plans. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 35

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Dec 12, 2011
AB 69: The privilege of self-defense.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 76: Costs of prescription drugs and devices for incarcerated persons.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 147: Inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 151: Copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy.
Stopped in committee.
Nov 21, 2011
AB 212: Throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 12, 2012
AB 217: Impersonating certain officials and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 5, 2012
AB 259: Concussions and other head injuries sustained in youth athletic activities.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 345: Arbitration agreements used by long-term care facilities, civil and criminal actions against health care providers and long-term care providers, use in civil and criminal actions and confidentiality of incident and occurrence reports, use as evidence of records given to a regulatory agency, use in criminal actions of records of reviews and evaluations of health care providers, limits on noneconomic damages, limits on punitive damages, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 408: Eliminating ambulatory surgical center assessment.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

Show 25 more

Mar 23, 2012
AB 475: Medical use of marijuana, the regulation of marijuana distribution organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 487: Licensing anesthesiologist assistants and creating the Council on Anesthesiologist Assistants and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 540: Training in traumatic brain injury awareness for law enforcement officers, tribal officers, emergency medical technicians, and first responders and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
May 14, 2012
AB 622: Requiring pulse oximetry in newborns.
Stopped in committee.
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
AB 745: Obtaining informed consent for the prescription and use of drugs and devices and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
May 20, 2011
AJR 3: Commending the Stars of Life honorees.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 64: Commending the 2011 Stars of Life honorees.
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 101: Copayments, deductibles, or coinsurance for oral chemotherapy and injected or intravenous chemotherapy.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 103: Inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 210: Creating a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for certain amounts paid for amino acid-based elemental formula.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 244: Arbitration agreements used by long-term care facilities, civil and criminal actions against health care providers and long-term care providers, use in civil and criminal actions and confidentiality of incident and occurrence reports, use as evidence of records given to a regulatory agency, use in criminal actions of records of reviews and evaluations of health care providers, limits on noneconomic damages, limits on punitive damages, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 280: Complementary and alternative health services and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 5, 2012
SB 297: Eliminating ambulatory surgical center assessment.
Became law.
Apr 5, 2012
SB 341: Open doors on authorized emergency vehicles.
Became law.
Mar 7, 2012
SB 357: Applying a service member's military education, training, or other experience for purposes of satisfying certain requirements for a professional credential.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 371: Medical use of marijuana, the regulation of marijuana distribution organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2012
SB 383: Licensing anesthesiologist assistants and creating the Council on Anesthesiologist Assistants and granting rule-making authority.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 466: Miscellaneous landlord-tenant provisions and prohibiting a local government from imposing a moratorium on eviction actions.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 471: Training in traumatic brain injury awareness for law enforcement officers, tribal officers, emergency medical technicians, and first responders and granting rule-making authority.
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.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 4: Commending the Stars of Life honorees.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Jun 13, 2011
SJR 35: Declaring June 1 to 7, 2011, as Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Oct 25, 2011
SJR 44: Commending the 2011 Stars of Life honorees.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.

2009–10 session: 58

Apr 28, 2010
AB 44: The Volunteer Health Care Provider Program.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 141: Requiring distribution of autism-related information, requiring a referral when certain diagnoses are made, providing funding for the Medical Assistance autism benefit, licensure of autism paraprofessionals, creating an autism paraprofessional board, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 152: Mandatory overtime hours and on-call time worked by health care workers and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 195: The Volunteer Health Care Provider Program.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 207: Requiring that patients be informed of health care facility use charges and that the charges be identified.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 313: Licensure fee for an emergency medical technician.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Oct 9, 2009
AB 316: Emergency management, succession of public offices, liability and licensure of emergency volunteers, disaster relief, ratification of the pest control compact, transportation and disposal of animal carcasses, the plant industry, computation of school days, variance for hospital requirements, public works mutual assistance, emergencies related to computer or telecommunication systems, and providing penalties.
Became law.
Oct 9, 2009
AB 319: Regional structural collapse teams and granting rule-making authority.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 324: Impersonating certain officials and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

Show 48 more

Apr 28, 2010
AB 331: Insurance coverage of orthotic and prosthetic devices and services.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 336: Immunity from liability for, and disclosure of patient information by, a health care provider, health care facility, or employee of a health care provider or health care facility that, in good faith, reports or provides information about a violation of the law or of a clinical or ethical standard, unprofessional conduct, or negligence in treating a patient by a health care provider, health care facility, or employee or former employee of a health care provider or health care facility.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 394: The color and design of special distinguishing registration plates for fire fighters and emergency medical technicians.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 448: Costs of prescription drugs and devices for incarcerated persons.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 464: A requirement that an employer permit an employee who is a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, first responder, or ambulance driver for a volunteer fire department or fire company, a public agency, or a nonprofit corporation to be late for or absent from work if the lateness or absence is due to the employee responding to an emergency that begins before the employee is required to report to work.
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 554: Medical use of marijuana, the regulation of marijuana distribution organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 590: Elimination of an exception for spiritual treatment of a child in the law criminalizing physical abuse of a child and in the laws governing the practice of medicine or surgery, the investigation of child abuse or neglect, the administration of psychotropic medication to juveniles in correctional custody, the election of Christian Science treatment in lieu of medical or surgical treatment, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 11, 2010
AB 614: Disclosure of information by health care providers and insurers and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 644: Establishing a presumption for employment-connected communicable diseases for fire fighters, emergency medical service providers, law enforcement officers, and certain correctional employees.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 665: Requiring an insurer to make payment directly to a provider who provides the insurer with an assignment of benefits.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 671: Licensing anesthesiologist assistants and creating the Council on Anesthesiologist Assistants and granting rule-making authority.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 675: Hospital staff privileges for and written agreements required for nurse-midwives and allowing nurse-midwives to elect to be covered under the injured patients and families compensation fund.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 683: Health care plans operated by cooperative associations.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 706: Various changes to the worker's compensation law.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 710: Inadmissibility of a statement, a gesture, or conduct expressing apology or condolence by a health care provider.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 724: Creating an ambulance operator safety program in the Department of Transportation, rules of the road applicable to the operation of ambulances, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
May 11, 2010
AB 725: Providing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to high school pupils.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 744: Qualification requirements for performing surgical technology for a hospital or ambulatory surgery center.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 760: Ambulatory surgical facilities.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 27, 2010
AB 770: Assessment on critical access hospitals; payments to critical access hospitals under the Medical Assistance Program; creating a rural physician residency assistance program; the physician, dentist, and health care provider loan assistance programs; and making appropriations.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 775: Throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 955: Abuse and neglect of patients and residents.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 29, 2010
AB 974: Insurance coverage of oral and injected chemotherapy.
Stopped in committee.
Jun 21, 2010
AB 976: A sales and use tax exemption for medical physics performance testing of medical imaging and therapeutic equipment.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 9, 2010
AJR 79: Honoring the life of Terry Wise.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 18: Fee remissions for certain University of Wisconsin System and technical college students.
Stopped in committee.
Dec 4, 2009
SB 80: The Volunteer Health Care Provider Program.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 108: Mandatory overtime hours and on-call time worked by health care workers and providing penalties.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 226: Emergency management, succession of public offices, liability and licensure of emergency volunteers, disaster relief, ratification of the pest control compact, transportation and disposal of animal carcasses, the plant industry, computation of school days, variance for hospital requirements, public works mutual assistance, emergencies related to computer or telecommunication systems, and providing penalties.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 229: Regional structural collapse teams and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 5, 2010
SB 308: A requirement that an employer permit an employee who is a volunteer fire fighter, emergency medical technician, first responder, or ambulance driver for a volunteer fire department or fire company, a public agency, or a nonprofit corporation to be late for or absent from work if the lateness or absence is due to the employee responding to an emergency that begins before the employee is required to report to work.
Became law.
May 13, 2010
SB 323: Requiring newborn hearing screening.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 334: Throwing or expelling a bodily substance at a public safety worker and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 368: Medical use of marijuana, the regulation of marijuana distribution organizations, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, making appropriations, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 384: Defense to criminal prosecutions for parent or guardian for using spiritual treatment in lieu of medical treatment on a child and the election of Christian Science treatment for a child in lieu of medical or surgical treatment for the cure of disease.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 418: Disclosure of information by health care providers and insurers and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 13, 2010
SB 429: Establishing a presumption for employment-connected communicable diseases for fire fighters, emergency medical service providers, law enforcement officers, and certain correctional employees.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 451: Hospital staff privileges for and written agreements required for nurse-midwives and allowing nurse-midwives to elect to be covered under the injured patients and families compensation fund.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 453: Requiring an insurer to make payment directly to a provider who provides the insurer with an assignment of benefits.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 19, 2010
SB 471: Health care plans operated by cooperative associations.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 518: Creating an ambulance operator safety program in the Department of Transportation, rules of the road applicable to the operation of ambulances, requiring the exercise of rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 26, 2010
SB 522: Various changes to the worker's compensation law.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 535: Licensing anesthesiologist assistants and creating the Council on Anesthesiologist Assistants and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 657: Abuse and neglect of patients and residents.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 660: Qualification requirements for performing surgical technology for a hospital or ambulatory surgery center.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 686: Providing instruction in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, cardiocerebral resuscitation, and the use of an automated external defibrillator to high school pupils.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Feb 27, 2009
SJR 13: The Professional Ambulance Association of Wisconsin.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.

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