Wisconsin bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Wisconsin SB 578
Relating to: consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Quinn (Republican)
- James (Republican)
- Feyen (Republican)
- Cabral-Guevara (Republican)
- Wimberger (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Mar 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text versions
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 4:04 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2025 Senate | Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 4, Noes 1 | pass | Set your home in Wisconsin to see |
Actions
- Mar 23, 2026 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1 - Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor - Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor - Mar 19, 2026 · Senate
Senator Smith added as a coauthor - Mar 16, 2026 · Senate
Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor - Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
Representative Brown added as a cosponsor - Feb 17, 2026 · Senate
Representative Sheehan withdrawn as a cosponsor - Jan 21, 2026 · Senate
Representative Stroud withdrawn as a cosponsor - Jan 20, 2026 · Senate
Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Wimberger - Jan 14, 2026 · Senate
Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wimberger - Jan 14, 2026 · Senate
Representative Johnson withdrawn as a cosponsor - Jan 13, 2026 · Senate
Representative Prado withdrawn as a cosponsor - Jan 6, 2026 · Senate
Representative Roe withdrawn as a cosponsor - Dec 17, 2025 · Senate
Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a cosponsor - Dec 4, 2025 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received - Nov 12, 2025 · Senate
Representative Moses added as a cosponsor - Nov 11, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling - Nov 11, 2025 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 4, Noes 1 - Nov 11, 2025 · Senate
Executive action taken - Nov 5, 2025 · Senate
Public hearing held - Oct 24, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health - Oct 24, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Wimberger, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, James and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Subeck, Dittrich, Donovan, Doyle, Goodwin, Gundrum, Hurd, Johnson, Knodl, Kreibich, Kurtz, McCarville, Melotik, Mursau, Novak, O'Connor, Palmeri, Penterman, Piwowarczyk, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Rodriguez, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Stroud, Stubbs, Swearingen and Wittke