Bills by subject

Nurses

62 bills and resolutions. 21 became law, 1 was vetoed, and 16 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
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 822 Allowing discounts for prompt payment of health care fees.
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
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. Last action Mar 27, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 33

Mar 23, 2026
AB 12: State agency status for certain physician assistants and advanced practice nurses who provide services without compensation for local health departments or school districts. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 44: Allowing advanced practice nurse prescribers to pronounce the date, time, and place of a patient’s death for purposes of the preparation of death records.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
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 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.
May 13, 2026
AB 104: Prohibiting gender transition medical intervention for individuals under 18 years of age.
Vetoed by the governor.
Sep 9, 2025
AB 257: Advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Became law.
Jan 8, 2026
AB 294: Membership on the Board of Nursing.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 295: Allowing certified advanced practice nurse prescribers to engage in the practice of radiography.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 382: Requirements for children born alive following abortion or attempted abortion and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
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.

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Mar 23, 2026
AB 675: Noncompete clauses for medical practitioners.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 819: Allowing discounts for prompt payment of health care fees.
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 982: Health care providers providing excused absences under the compulsory school attendance law.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1081: Modifying administrative rules relating to regulation of opioid treatment programs and requiring adjustments to the rates for substance use disorder treatment services with medications for opioid use disorder. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1146: Minimum nurse staffing ratios in hospitals, registered nurses’ right to refuse a work assignment, prohibiting mandatory overtime for registered nurses, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Aug 11, 2025
SB 31: State agency status for certain physician assistants and advanced practice nurses who provide services without compensation for local health departments or school districts. (FE)
Became law.
Aug 11, 2025
SB 43: Allowing advanced practice nurse prescribers to pronounce the date, time, and place of a patient’s death for purposes of the preparation of death records.
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 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 157: Prohibiting gender transition medical intervention for individuals under 18 years of age.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 258: Advanced practice registered nurses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 281: Allowing certified advanced practice nurse prescribers to engage in the practice of radiography.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 282: Membership on the Board of Nursing.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 384: Requirements for children born alive following abortion or attempted abortion and providing a penalty.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
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.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 657: Noncompete clauses for medical practitioners.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 6, 2026
SB 822: Allowing discounts for prompt payment of health care fees.
Became law.
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 13, 2026
SB 920: Health care providers providing excused absences under the compulsory school attendance law.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1047: Modifying administrative rules relating to regulation of opioid treatment programs and requiring adjustments to the rates for substance use disorder treatment services with medications for opioid use disorder. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1115: Minimum nurse staffing ratios in hospitals, registered nurses’ right to refuse a work assignment, prohibiting mandatory overtime for registered nurses, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 1161: Ambulance staffing, late renewal and reinstatement of an emergency medical services practitioner license or emergency medical responder certificate, license and certification reciprocity standards for emergency medical responders and emergency medical services practitioners, and a tax subtraction for stipends received by volunteer emergency responders. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 10

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 62: Administration of medication to pupils.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
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 715: Revenue limit adjustment for school nursing services.
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 45: Administration of medication to pupils.
Became law.
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 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 30, 2012
SB 383: Licensing anesthesiologist assistants and creating the Council on Anesthesiologist Assistants and granting rule-making authority.
Became law.
Mar 30, 2012
SB 421: Authorizing medically related actions by physician assistants.
Became law.

2009–10 session: 19

May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
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 293: Collection of workforce data on registered nurse and licensed practical nurse license renewal forms.
Stopped in committee.
Feb 26, 2010
AB 458: Providing instruction in human growth and development.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 488: Requiring newborn hearing screening.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 616: School nurses and the administration of drugs to pupils.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 653: Prescriptions for antimicrobial drugs for treatment of chlamydial infections, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 27, 2010
AB 659: HIV testing, disclosure of HIV test results, and providing penalties.
Became law.
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 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.

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Apr 28, 2010
AB 828: Allowing certified advanced practice nurse prescribers to determine an illness or injury and complete forms for the purpose of medical review related to motor vehicle operator's licenses, allowing certified advanced practice nurse prescribers to treat minors for sexually transmitted diseases, and allowing certified advanced practice nurse prescribers to determine disability for the purpose of issuing certain hunting permits.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Oct 23, 2009
AJR 81: Commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Wisconsin Nurses Association.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 180: Granting prescriptive authority to psychologists and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 245: Collection of workforce data on registered nurse and licensed practical nurse license renewal forms.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2010
SB 323: Requiring newborn hearing screening.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 324: Providing instruction in human growth and development.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 19, 2010
SB 414: School nurses and the administration of drugs to pupils.
Became law.
May 13, 2010
SB 460: Prescriptions for antimicrobial drugs for treatment of chlamydial infections, gonorrhea, or trichomoniasis.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 662: Allowing certified advanced practice nurse prescribers to determine an illness or injury and complete forms for the purpose of medical review related to motor vehicle operator's licenses and allowing certified advanced practice nurse prescribers to determine disability for the purpose of issuing certain hunting permits.
Stopped in committee.

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