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WI AB 353

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Relating to: price transparency in hospitals, restricting certain debt collection actions against patients, and providing a penalty. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WI AB 353 pass?

No. WI AB 353 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2026-03-23). Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI AB 353 about?

WI AB 353 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: price transparency in hospitals, restricting certain debt collection actions against patients, and providing a penalty. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 353?

Tusler, Sortwell, O'Connor and 9 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 353.

Introduced
2025-07-08
Latest action
2026-03-23 — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Tuslerprimary
  • Sortwellprimary
  • O'Connorprimary
  • Mursauprimary
  • Murphyprimary
  • Maxeyprimary
  • Knodlprimary
  • Gustafsonprimary
  • Behnkeprimary
  • Brooksprimary
  • Donovanprimary
  • Wittkeprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-07-08

    Introduced by Representatives Wittke, Donovan, Brooks, Behnke, Gustafson, Knodl, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, O'Connor, Sortwell and Tusler; cosponsored by Senators Bradley, Felzkowski, Wimberger, Hutton, Larson, Nass and Tomczyk

    introduction

  2. 2025-07-08

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  3. 2025-07-28

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  4. 2025-10-15

    Fiscal estimate received

    receipt

  5. 2026-02-11

    Representative Neylon added as a coauthor

  6. 2026-03-23

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

    failure

Versions

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Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab353

Attribution

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