Bills by subject

Mental health

92 bills and resolutions. 11 became law, 3 were vetoed, and 50 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 73 Statutory recognition of specialized treatment court and commercial court dockets.
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 405 A civil cause of action for a minor injured by a gender transition procedure.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 799 Parental access to health records of minors.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 837 Grants for alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs for persons with mental illness and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 15, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 70

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.
May 13, 2026
AB 73: Statutory recognition of specialized treatment court and commercial court dockets.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 76: Creating an individual income tax deduction for certain income earned by an individual from the practice of psychiatry or from providing psychiatric or mental health services. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
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 113: Sharing minors’ safety plans. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 115: Authorizing youth behavioral health program under the Medical Assistance program and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 158: Changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 178: Expanding the treatment alternatives and diversion programs. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 220: Discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, national guard, jury duty, and adoption and in the receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 260: A pilot school-centered mental health program. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 299: Provision of virtual mental health services for students at certain UW System institutions. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 301: Grants to mental health clubhouses and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 336: Funding for University of Wisconsin System student health services and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 337: Training to address student mental health and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 338: Coverage of treatment for mental health or substance use disorders under health insurance policies and plans.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 339: Aid for comprehensive school mental health services and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 342: Grants to hire school mental health professionals who are members of a racial minority group, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 343: School mental health and pupil wellness aid and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 359: Prohibiting conversion therapy.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 361: Eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim’s gender identity or sexual orientation.
Stopped in committee.
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.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 404: The Veterans Outreach and Recovery Program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
AB 651: Various changes to the worker’s compensation law, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 743: Considering post-traumatic stress disorder as a mitigating factor in sentencing certain criminal offenders. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 776: Veterans mental health services and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 806: Parental access to health records of minors.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 828: Grants to school counselors, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 14, 2026
AB 847: Grants for alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs for persons with mental illness and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 886: Children’s mental health treatment grants and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 27, 2026
AB 935: Repealing expired programs within the Department of Veterans Affairs; definition, terminology, and grammatical changes for the Department of Veterans Affairs, mental health services for post-traumatic stress disorder; reporting on rules proposed by the Department of Veterans Affairs; asset calculation for determining eligibility for veterans assistance payments; and deceased veterans’ graves (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Veterans Affairs).
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 946: Implementing a behavioral health prevention pilot program and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 960: Requiring social media platforms to provide mental health warnings and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1056: Firearm transfers and possession, law enforcement and prosecution, victims and witnesses, obstruction of justice, mental health and substance use services, hate crimes reporting portal, fraud, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 32: Designating the first full week in May as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week.
Stopped in committee.
Sep 9, 2025
AJR 55: Designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 107: Declaring November as Veteran Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
Stopped in committee.
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 72: Creating an individual income tax deduction for certain income earned by an individual from the practice of psychiatry or from providing psychiatric or mental health services. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 80: Statutory recognition of specialized treatment court and commercial court dockets.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 107: Consent to mental health treatment by minors who are age 14 or older.
Stopped in committee.
Jul 3, 2025
SB 108: Sharing minors’ safety plans. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 110: Authorizing youth behavioral health program under the Medical Assistance program and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 153: Expanding the treatment alternatives and diversion programs. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 168: Changing the conditions of liability for worker’s compensation benefits for emergency medical responders, emergency medical services practitioners, volunteer firefighters, correctional officers, emergency dispatchers, coroners and coroner staff, and medical examiners and medical examiner staff. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 223: Discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations, education, insurance coverage, national guard, jury duty, and adoption and in the receipt of mental health or vocational rehabilitation services.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 245: A pilot school-centered mental health program. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 305: Grants to mental health clubhouses and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 306: Provision of virtual mental health services for students at certain UW System institutions. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 324: Prohibiting conversion therapy.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 342: Coverage of treatment for mental health or substance use disorders under health insurance policies and plans.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 347: Aid for comprehensive school mental health services and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 348: Training to address student mental health and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 350: School mental health and pupil wellness aid and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 351: Funding for University of Wisconsin System student health services and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 352: Grants to hire school mental health professionals who are members of a racial minority group, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 380: Eliminating criminal defenses of adequate provocation, self-defense, or not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect if the claim is based on the victim’s gender identity or sexual orientation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 396: The Veterans Outreach and Recovery Program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
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 639: Veterans mental health services and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 676: Various changes to the worker’s compensation law, granting rule-making authority, making an appropriation, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 716: Considering post-traumatic stress disorder as a mitigating factor in sentencing certain criminal offenders. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 799: Parental access to health records of minors.
Vetoed by the governor.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 833: Grants to school counselors, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 15, 2026
SB 837: Grants for alternatives to prosecution and incarceration programs for persons with mental illness and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 914: Repealing expired programs within the Department of Veterans Affairs; definition, terminology, and grammatical changes for the Department of Veterans Affairs, mental health services for post-traumatic stress disorder; reporting on rules proposed by the Department of Veterans Affairs; asset calculation for determining eligibility for veterans assistance payments; and deceased veterans’ graves (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Veterans Affairs).
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 926: Implementing a behavioral health prevention pilot program and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 933: Requiring social media platforms to provide mental health warnings and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
May 14, 2025
SJR 32: Designating the first full week in May as Tardive Dyskinesia Awareness Week.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 53: Designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 101: Declaring November as Veteran Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.

2011–12 session: 7

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AJR 37: Proclaiming May 2011 as Mental Health Awareness Month.
Stopped in committee.
May 20, 2011
AJR 40: Proclaiming May 2011 as Mental Health Awareness Month.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AR 7: Declaring May 1 to 7 as Children's Mental Health Week.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 13, 2012
AR 23: Honoring the Crisis Intervention Team program.
Adopted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 27: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 12, 2012
SB 173: The disclosure of electronic juvenile court records to law enforcement agencies and providing a penalty.
Became law.

2009–10 session: 15

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.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 499: Community supervision services in the Department of Corrections.
Stopped in committee.
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.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 680: Temporary restraining orders and injunctions.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 815: Physical examinations and discovery of patients' records in civil actions.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AJR 135: Declaring May as Mental Health Awareness Month.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
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 317: Community supervision services in the Department of Corrections.
Stopped in committee.
May 3, 2010
SB 362: Health insurance coverage of nervous and mental disorders, alcoholism, and other drug abuse problems.
Became law.

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Apr 28, 2010
SB 444: Extending the time period to claim a refund for an individual who is affected by a period of financial disability.
Stopped in committee.
May 10, 2010
SB 464: Temporary restraining orders and injunctions.
Became law.
Apr 26, 2010
SB 492: Restoration to competency of a defendant (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health Services).
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 628: Physical examinations and discovery of patients' records in civil actions.
Stopped in committee.
May 10, 2010
SJR 73: The life and public service of Harriet Shetler.
Adopted.

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