Bills by subject

Mental health: Hospitals and institutes

46 bills and resolutions. 15 became law and 6 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.

SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 485 Video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities.
Became law. Last action Apr 6, 2026
AB 668 Reports on the competency of involuntarily committed individuals to refuse medication or treatment based upon an examination by an advanced practice registered nurse.
Became law. Last action Mar 27, 2026
SB 448 The use of videoconferencing technology in certain civil actions.
Became law. Last action Mar 27, 2026
AB 50 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 18

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 111: Psychiatric residential treatment facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 112: Consent to mental health treatment by minors who are age 14 or older.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 114: Clinician initiation of emergency detention of a minor and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 116: Transportation of minors for emergency detention.
Stopped in committee.
Dec 10, 2025
AB 388: Grant program for an integrated mental health facility. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 447: The use of videoconferencing technology in certain civil actions.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 491: Video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 27, 2026
AB 668: Reports on the competency of involuntarily committed individuals to refuse medication or treatment based upon an examination by an advanced practice registered nurse.
Became law.
May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.

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Jul 3, 2025
SB 106: Psychiatric residential treatment facilities, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 107: Consent to mental health treatment by minors who are age 14 or older.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 109: Clinician initiation of emergency detention of a minor and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 111: Transportation of minors for emergency detention.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 407: Grant program for an integrated mental health facility. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 27, 2026
SB 448: The use of videoconferencing technology in certain civil actions.
Became law.
Apr 6, 2026
SB 485: Video monitoring or recording in residential care centers for children and youth, group homes, and shelter care facilities.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 646: Reports on the competency of involuntarily committed individuals to refuse medication or treatment based upon an examination by an advanced practice registered nurse.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

2011–12 session: 9

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 122: Permitting an educational agency to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an unpardoned felon.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 367: Law enforcement investigation, initiation, and completion of emergency detention.
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.
Nov 28, 2011
SB 86: Permitting an educational agency to refuse to employ or to terminate from employment an unpardoned felon.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 169: Collecting a deoxyribonucleic acid sample and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 283: Unauthorized possession of a correctional employee's personal identifying information and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 332: Law enforcement investigation, initiation, and completion of emergency detention.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 577: Protective placement.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 19

Apr 28, 2010
AB 70: Adjudications for involuntary commitment, appointment of a guardian of the person, and protective placement or protective services, background checks for the purchase of handguns, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
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.
Jun 23, 2009
AB 123: Appellate procedure regarding commitments of persons found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and commitments of sexually violent persons.
Became law.
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 199: Classifying members of the Parole Commission; psychologists and corrections classification specialists employed by the Department of Corrections who perform duties related to sexually violent person commitments; clerical employees employed at probation, extended supervision, and parole offices; and state employees who are employed at state correctional institutions, juvenile correctional facilities, the mental health institutes at Mendota and Winnebago, the Wisconsin Resource Center, and secure mental health units or facilities for sexually violent persons as protective occupation participants under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 252: Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, and in public conveyances and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 253: Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 594: Notifying a law enforcement agency when certain persons are released from the custody of the Department of Corrections.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 634: Collective bargaining and protective occupation participant status under the Wisconsin Retirement System and a county retirement system for county jail employees, county employees of a juvenile detention facility, and state employees who are employed at state correctional institutions, juvenile correctional facilities, the mental health institutes at Mendota and Winnebago, the Wisconsin Resource Center, and secure mental health units or facilities for sexually violent persons.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 681: Orders to commit state prison inmates to a mental health facility.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Apr 28, 2010
AB 893: Submission of biological specimens for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 10, 2010
SB 44: Adjudications for involuntary commitment, appointment of a guardian of the person, and protective placement or protective services, background checks for the purchase of handguns, and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 98: Appellate procedure regarding commitments of persons found not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect and commitments of sexually violent persons.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
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.
May 20, 2009
SB 181: Prohibiting smoking in indoor areas, in sports arenas, in public conveyances, and at certain outdoor locations and providing a penalty.
Became law.
May 10, 2010
SB 478: Orders to commit state prison inmates to a mental health facility.
Became law.
May 14, 2010
SB 630: Reimbursement of counties and Indian tribes for unexpected or unusually high-cost placement of Indians in mental health treatment facilities and making an appropriation.
Became law.
May 10, 2010
SB 631: Submission of biological specimens for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 702: Unauthorized possession of a correctional employee's personal identifying information and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.

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