WI AB 43

in committee

Relating to: permitting pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did WI AB 43 pass?

Not yet. WI AB 43 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-03-23): Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

What is WI AB 43 about?

WI AB 43 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: permitting pharmacists to prescribe certain contraceptives, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, granting rule-making authority, and providing a penalty. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 43?

Sinicki, Kirsch, Subeck and 23 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 43, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-02-17
Latest action: 2026-03-23 — Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-03-23
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
amendment-failure
2025-05-14
Available for scheduling
2025-05-14
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-13
Received from Assembly
receipt
2025-05-13
Ordered immediately messaged
2025-05-13
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 87, Noes 10
passage,reading-3
2025-05-13
Rules suspended
2025-05-13
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2025-05-13
Read a second time
reading-2
2025-05-13
Representatives Emerson and Moore Omokunde added as coauthors
2025-05-09
Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 5-13-2025
referral
2025-05-08
Representative Vining added as a coauthor
2025-05-07
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2025-05-07
Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 12, Noes 2
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-06
Executive action taken
2025-04-30
Representative McCarville added as a coauthor
2025-04-30
Representative Andraca added as a coauthor
2025-04-23
Public hearing held
2025-04-23
Representative Stubbs added as a coauthor
2025-04-22
LRB correction
2025-04-21
Representative Udell added as a coauthor
2025-04-16
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-04-09
Representative Wittke added as a coauthor
2025-03-28
Senator Ratcliff added as a cosponsor
2025-03-24
Representative Billings added as a coauthor
2025-03-18
Representative Joers added as a coauthor
2025-03-13
Representative Kaufert added as a coauthor
2025-02-24
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2025-02-21
Representatives Madison and Clancy added as coauthors
2025-02-19
Representatives DeSmidt and Tusler added as coauthors
2025-02-18
Representative Fitzgerald added as a coauthor
2025-02-18
Senators Spreitzer and Habush Sinykin added as cosponsors
2025-02-17
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-17
Introduced by Representatives Kitchens, Rodriguez, Franklin, Duchow, Novak, Snyder, Zimmerman, August, Bare, Dittrich, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Krug, Miresse, Mursau, Nedweski, Neubauer, Phelps, Piwowarczyk, Sheehan, Spiros, Stroud, Subeck, Kirsch and Sinicki; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara, James and Marklein
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Votes

Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 12, Noes 2
2025-05-07 · pass · 12-2
PASSAGE
2025-05-13 · pass · 87-10
Member-level votes (97)
- ALLEN: no
- ANDERSON: yes
- ANDRACA: yes
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: yes
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: yes
- BEHNKE: no
- BILLINGS: yes
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: no
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: yes
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CLANCY: yes
- CRUZ: yes
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: yes
- DESMIDT: yes
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DOYLE: yes
- DUCHOW: yes
- EMERSON: yes
- FITZGERALD: yes
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: no
- GREEN: yes
- GUNDRUM: no
- GUSTAFSON: no
- HAYWOOD: yes
- HONG: yes
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: yes
- JACOBSON, J: yes
- JOERS: yes
- JOHNSON: yes
- KAUFERT: yes
- KIRSCH: yes
- KITCHENS: yes
- KNODL: yes
- KREIBICH: yes
- KRUG: yes
- KURTZ: yes
- MADISON: yes
- MAXEY: no
- MAYADEV: yes
- MCCARVILLE: yes
- MCGUIRE: yes
- MELOTIK: yes
- MIRESSE: yes
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: yes
- MOSES: yes
- MURPHY: yes
- MURSAU: yes
- NEDWESKI: yes
- NEUBAUER: yes
- NEYLON: yes
- NOVAK: yes
- O'CONNOR: yes
- ORTIZ-VELEZ: yes
- PALMERI: yes
- PENTERMAN: yes
- PETERSEN: no
- PHELPS: yes
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRADO: yes
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RIVERA-WAGNER: yes
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: yes
- SHEEHAN: yes
- SINICKI: yes
- SNODGRASS: yes
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: no
- SPAUDE: yes
- SPIROS: yes
- STEFFEN: yes
- STROUD: yes
- STUBBS: yes
- SUBECK: yes
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TAYLOR: yes
- TENORIO: yes
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: yes
- VANDERMEER: yes
- VINING: yes
- WICHGERS: no
- WITTKE: yes
- ZIMMERMAN: yes
- SPEAKER: yes

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Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab43

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