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AB598Introduced in the Assembly

Consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)

Passed

Introduced by Patrick Snyder, District 85

What does this bill do?

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Official description

An Act to renumber and amend 50.06 (1) and 50.06 (4); to amend 50.06 (2) (b), 50.06 (2) (c), 50.06 (5) (a) (intro.), 50.06 (5) (b), 50.06 (6), 50.06 (7), 50.08 (1) (b) and 154.225 (1) (c); to create 50.06 (1) (a), 50.06 (1) (b), 50.06 (1) (d), 50.06 (4) (b), 50.06 (4) (c), 50.06 (5) (am), 50.06 (5) (ar), 50.06 (8), 54.36 (1m), 54.50 (3) (cm), 59.42 (4) and 146.82 (2) (a) 7m. of the statutes; Relating to: consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)

Where it stands

Published 3-21-2026

March 20, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

Assembly votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

Senate votes

1 recorded vote · each counted separately

SenateStage: Senate: Read a third time and concurred in · March 17, 2026

28

Yes

5

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

33 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Andre Jacque1No
Eric Wimberger2Yes
Timothy Carpenter3No
Dora Drake4Yes
Rob Hutton5Yes
LaTonya Johnson6Yes
Christopher Larson7No
Jodi Habush Sinykin8Yes
Devin LeMahieu9Yes
Rob Stafsholt10Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced

  2. Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

  3. Public hearing held

  4. Representative Moses added as a coauthor

  5. Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a coauthor

  6. Representative Roe withdrawn as a coauthor

  7. Fiscal estimate received

  8. Representative Prado withdrawn as a coauthor

  9. Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder

  10. Representative Johnson withdrawn as a coauthor

  11. Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Snyder

  12. Representative Stroud withdrawn as a coauthor

  13. Executive action taken

  14. Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1

  15. Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1

  16. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 12, Noes 3

  17. Referred to committee on Rules

  18. Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026

  19. Representative Sheehan withdrawn as a coauthor

  20. Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder

  21. Made a special order of business at 1:22 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13

  22. Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Neubauer

  23. Read a second time

  24. Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Snyder

  25. Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adopted

  26. Ordered to a third reading

  27. Rules suspended

  28. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 77, Noes 18

  29. Ordered immediately messaged

  30. Received from Assembly

  31. Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  32. Available for scheduling

  33. Representative Brown added as a coauthor

  34. Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  35. Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  36. Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor

  37. Read a second time

  38. Ordered to a third reading

  39. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  40. Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 28, Noes 5

  41. Senator Smith added as a cosponsor

  42. Ordered immediately messaged

  43. Received from Senate concurred in

  44. LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 3)

  45. Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2026

  46. Presented to the Governor on 3-19-2026

  47. Representative Emerson added as a coauthor

  48. Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor

  49. Report approved by the Governor on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 115

  50. Published 3-21-2026

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