Bills by subject

Persons with disabilities

86 bills and resolutions. 19 became law, 2 were vetoed, and 29 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 614 A teacher’s authority to manage the teacher’s class, parental notification of disruptive or violent behavior at school, and a school district’s code of conduct. (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 1143 Grants for school district construction of or upgrades to accessible playgrounds and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 7, 2026
AB 19 Increased penalties for crimes against adults at risk; restraining orders for adults at risk; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an adult at risk; sexual assault of an adult at risk; and providing a penalty.
Became law. Last action Apr 2, 2026
AB 1184 Grants for school district construction of or upgrades to accessible playgrounds and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Apr 1, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 29

Apr 2, 2026
AB 19: Increased penalties for crimes against adults at risk; restraining orders for adults at risk; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an adult at risk; sexual assault of an adult at risk; and providing a penalty.
Became law.
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 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 332: Requiring vehicles to stop for pedestrians at certain intersections and crosswalks.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 368: Prior authorization for coverage of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, chiropractic services, and other services under health plans.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 403: Requiring universal changing stations in certain buildings, creating a tax credit for installation of the stations, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 535: Polling place accessibility. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 536: Accessibility training for election officials. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 599: Allowing voters to automatically receive absentee ballots for every election, eliminating the indefinitely confined voter status for receiving absentee ballots, and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
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.

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May 13, 2026
AB 614: A teacher’s authority to manage the teacher’s class, parental notification of disruptive or violent behavior at school, and a school district’s code of conduct. (FE)
Vetoed by the governor.
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 815: Creating a blue envelope program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 922: Accessibility of locations of Department of Transportation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1010: Claims for loss of society and companionship resulting from medical malpractice. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 1, 2026
AB 1184: Grants for school district construction of or upgrades to accessible playgrounds and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 15: Increased penalties for crimes against adults at risk; restraining orders for adults at risk; freezing assets of a defendant charged with financial exploitation of an adult at risk; sexual assault of an adult at risk; and providing a penalty.
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 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 345: Requiring vehicles to stop for pedestrians at certain intersections and crosswalks.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 373: Prior authorization for coverage of physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, chiropractic services, and other services under health plans.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 398: Requiring universal changing stations in certain buildings, creating a tax credit for installation of the stations, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 517: Accessibility training for election officials. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 518: Polling place accessibility. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 597: Allowing voters to automatically receive absentee ballots for every election, eliminating the indefinitely confined voter status for receiving absentee ballots, and providing a penalty. (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 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 808: Creating a blue envelope program, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Apr 7, 2026
SB 1143: Grants for school district construction of or upgrades to accessible playgrounds and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.

2011–12 session: 20

Aug 2, 2012
AB 40: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2011 legislature.
Became law.
Dec 12, 2011
AB 81: Special identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation providing parking privileges for persons with physical disabilities and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 110: Creating the Special Needs Scholarship Program for disabled pupils, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 271: Ordering support for an adult disabled child.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 5, 2012
AB 311: Creating a sporting recruitment and retention council, programs to encourage recruitment of hunters and trappers, restrictions on expenditures under the Warren Knowles-Gaylord Nelson stewardship program, reduced fees for certain first-time hunting and trapping approvals, high school credit under and administration of the hunter and trapper education programs, waiving fishing license requirements for a weekend ice fishing event, and sturgeon spearing license age requirements.
Became law.
Mar 22, 2012
AB 322: Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 477: Removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs.
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.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 588: Annual medical examinations for individuals receiving duty disability benefits under the Wisconsin Retirement System.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 620: Dispensing motor vehicle fuel for persons with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.

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Mar 23, 2012
AJR 25: Commending the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men's wheelchair basketball team for winning a third national championship.
Stopped in committee.
May 20, 2011
AJR 38: Stroke Awareness Month 2011.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
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 21, 2012
SB 380: Removing cap on enrollment of Family Care and other long-term care programs.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 457: Dispensing motor vehicle fuel for persons with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.
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 485: Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in institutions of higher education.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 486: Creating the Special Needs Scholarship Program for disabled pupils, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 534: Ordering support for an adult disabled child.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SJR 29: Stroke Awareness Month 2011.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 37

Apr 28, 2010
AB 15: Health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 36: Liability of the state for a violation of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Fair Labor Standards Act, or Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 or of Title I of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
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 234: An income and franchise tax for hiring certain individuals.
Stopped in committee.
May 26, 2010
AB 273: Podiatrist-patient privilege, immunity exemption for podiatrists providing emergency care at athletic events, allowing podiatrists to determine an illness or injury and complete forms for the purpose of granting assistance to needy veterans, allowing podiatrists to determine disability for the purpose of issuing certain hunting permits, cooperatives organized to provide sickness care, the Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board, allowing podiatrists to certify driver school instructors' physical fitness, allowing Medical Assistance recipients to freely choose among podiatrists, and giving equal weight to certifications of disability by podiatrists for insurance purposes.
Vetoed by the governor.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 284: Special identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation providing parking privileges for persons with physical disabilities and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 285: Dispensing motor vehicle fuel for persons with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
May 17, 2010
AB 296: Children and their families who are involved in two or more systems of care and making an appropriation.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 342: Operation of lightweight utility vehicles on certain highways by persons with disabilities to access hunting and fishing areas.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.

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Feb 22, 2010
AB 382: Fishing licenses issued to disabled veterans.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 483: The employment of minors 12 years of age or older by nonprofit organizations in and around the homes of elderly persons and persons with disabilities to perform snow shoveling, lawn mowing, leaf raking, and other similar work usual to those homes.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 526: Requiring informed consent before administration of psychotropic medication to a nursing home resident who has degenerative brain disorder.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 595: Hunting permits issued to persons who are terminally ill.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 680: Temporary restraining orders and injunctions.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 691: Requiring certain county agencies to petition a court to freeze accounts of certain individuals being financially exploited.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 789: Insurance coverage of the services of behavior analysts for autism treatment.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
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.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 882: Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 3: Health insurance coverage of treatment for autism spectrum disorders.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 18: Fee remissions for certain University of Wisconsin System and technical college students.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 19: Liability of the state for a violation of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, Fair Labor Standards Act, or Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 or of Title I of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Feb 16, 2010
SB 191: Podiatrist-patient privilege, immunity exemption for podiatrists providing emergency care at athletic events, allowing podiatrists to determine an illness or injury and complete forms for the purpose of granting assistance to needy veterans, allowing podiatrists to determine disability for the purpose of issuing certain hunting permits, cooperatives organized to provide sickness care, the Podiatrists Affiliated Credentialing Board, allowing podiatrists to certify driver school instructors' physical fitness, allowing Medical Assistance recipients to freely choose among podiatrists, and giving equal weight to certifications of disability by podiatrists for insurance purposes.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 210: Children and their families who are involved in two or more systems of care and making an appropriation.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Dec 4, 2009
SB 349: The employment of minors 12 years of age or older by nonprofit organizations in and around the homes of elderly persons and persons with disabilities to perform snow shoveling, lawn mowing, leaf raking, and other similar work usual to those homes.
Became law.
May 20, 2010
SB 396: Fishing and trolling in boats with electric motors.
Became law.
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.
May 10, 2010
SB 490: Registration plates for vehicles leased to persons with a disability that limits the ability to walk (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Transportation).
Became law.
May 10, 2010
SB 491: Requiring an aging and disability resource center to perform a financial screening for, provide information to, and assist individuals choosing to participate in the self-directed services option (suggested as remedial legislation by the Department of Health Services).
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 503: Requiring certain county agencies to petition a court to freeze accounts of certain individuals being financially exploited.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
May 13, 2010
SB 609: Requiring informed consent before administration of psychotropic medication to a nursing home resident who has degenerative brain disorder.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 638: Accessible instructional materials for students with disabilities enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System or the Technical College System.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 652: Special identification cards issued by the Department of Transportation providing parking privileges for persons with physical disabilities and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
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.
May 13, 2010
SB 667: Licensure and regulation of behavior analysts, insurance coverage of the services of behavior analysts for autism treatment, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 679: Dispensing motor vehicle fuel for persons with disabilities, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

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