STATE BILLWI AB 598PASSED

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

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)

Status: Passed; Signed or otherwise enacted
Status date: Mar 20, 2026; 237 days ago
Current chamber: Assembly
Session: 2025-2026 Regular Session

WI AB 598 · PassedMar 20

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Bill details

Last action: Published 3-21-2026 · Mar 20, 2026

Bill history

Newest first.

Mar 20, 2026Published 3-21-2026Assembly

Mar 20, 2026Report approved by the Governor on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 115Assembly

Mar 20, 2026Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthorAssembly

Mar 19, 2026Representative Emerson added as a coauthorAssembly

Mar 19, 2026Presented to the Governor on 3-19-2026Assembly

Mar 18, 2026Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2026Assembly

Mar 18, 2026LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 3)Assembly

Mar 18, 2026Received from Senate concurred inAssembly

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Mar 17, 2026Ordered immediately messagedSenate

Mar 17, 2026Senator Smith added as a cosponsorSenate

Mar 17, 2026Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 28, Noes 5Senate

Mar 17, 2026Rules suspended to give bill its third readingSenate

Mar 17, 2026Ordered to a third readingSenate

Mar 17, 2026Read a second timeSenate

Mar 16, 2026Representative Kitchens added as a coauthorSenate

Mar 16, 2026Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)Senate

Mar 16, 2026Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2Senate

Mar 6, 2026Representative Brown added as a coauthorSenate

Feb 25, 2026Available for schedulingSenate

Feb 25, 2026Read first time and referred to committee on Senate OrganizationSenate

Feb 23, 2026Received from AssemblySenate

Feb 19, 2026Ordered immediately messagedAssembly

Feb 19, 2026Read a third time and passed, Ayes 77, Noes 18Assembly

Feb 19, 2026Rules suspendedAssembly

Feb 19, 2026Ordered to a third readingAssembly

Feb 19, 2026Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adoptedAssembly

Feb 19, 2026Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative SnyderAssembly

Feb 19, 2026Read a second timeAssembly

Feb 18, 2026Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative NeubauerAssembly

Feb 17, 2026Made a special order of business at 1:22 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13Assembly

Feb 17, 2026Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative SnyderAssembly

Feb 16, 2026Representative Sheehan withdrawn as a coauthorAssembly

Feb 13, 2026Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026Assembly

Jan 21, 2026Referred to committee on RulesAssembly

Jan 21, 2026Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 12, Noes 3Assembly

Jan 21, 2026Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1Assembly

Jan 21, 2026Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1Assembly

Jan 21, 2026Executive action takenAssembly

Jan 21, 2026Representative Stroud withdrawn as a coauthorAssembly

Jan 16, 2026Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative SnyderAssembly

Jan 14, 2026Representative Johnson withdrawn as a coauthorAssembly

Jan 14, 2026Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative SnyderAssembly

Jan 13, 2026Representative Prado withdrawn as a coauthorAssembly

Jan 7, 2026Fiscal estimate receivedAssembly

Jan 6, 2026Representative Roe withdrawn as a coauthorAssembly

Dec 17, 2025Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a coauthorAssembly

Nov 12, 2025Representative Moses added as a coauthorAssembly

Nov 12, 2025Public hearing heldAssembly

Oct 29, 2025Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term CareAssembly

Oct 29, 2025IntroducedAssembly

Recorded votes

Assembly: Read a third time and passedFeb 19, 2026 · Assembly · 77 yea · 18 nayPassed

Senate: Read a third time and concurred inMar 17, 2026 · Senate · 28 yea · 5 nayPassed

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