WI AB 598

enacted

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

Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did WI AB 598 pass?

Yes. WI AB 598 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-20. Latest recorded action (2026-03-20): Published 3-21-2026

What is WI AB 598 about?

WI AB 598 is a bill in the 2025-2026 Regular Session titled “Relating to: consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)”.

Who sponsors WI AB 598?

Wittke, Swearingen, Stubbs and 27 others are the primary sponsors of WI AB 598.

Introduced: 2025-10-29
Latest action: 2026-03-20 — Published 3-21-2026
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-10-29
Introduced 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; cosponsored by Senators Wimberger, Cabral-Guevara, Feyen, James and Quinn
introduction
2025-10-29
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-11-12
Public hearing held
2025-11-12
Representative Moses added as a coauthor
2025-12-17
Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a coauthor
withdrawal
2026-01-06
Representative Roe withdrawn as a coauthor
withdrawal
2026-01-07
Fiscal estimate received
receipt
2026-01-13
Representative Prado withdrawn as a coauthor
withdrawal
2026-01-14
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder
amendment-introduction
2026-01-14
Representative Johnson withdrawn as a coauthor
withdrawal
2026-01-16
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Snyder
amendment-introduction
2026-01-21
Representative Stroud withdrawn as a coauthor
withdrawal
2026-01-21
Executive action taken
2026-01-21
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-21
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-21
Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 12, Noes 3
committee-passage-favorable
2026-01-21
Referred to committee on Rules
referral-committee
2026-02-13
Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
referral
2026-02-16
Representative Sheehan withdrawn as a coauthor
withdrawal
2026-02-17
Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder
amendment-introduction
2026-02-17
Made a special order of business at 1:22 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13
2026-02-18
Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Neubauer
amendment-introduction
2026-02-19
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-02-19
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Snyder
amendment-introduction
2026-02-19
Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adopted
amendment-passage,passage
2026-02-19
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-02-19
Rules suspended
2026-02-19
Read a third time and passed, Ayes 77, Noes 18
passage,reading-3
2026-02-19
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-02-23
Received from Assembly
receipt
2026-02-25
Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-02-25
Available for scheduling
2026-03-06
Representative Brown added as a coauthor
2026-03-16
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
2026-03-16
Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
2026-03-16
Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor
2026-03-17
Read a second time
reading-2
2026-03-17
Ordered to a third reading
reading-3
2026-03-17
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
2026-03-17
Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 28, Noes 5
passage,reading-3
2026-03-17
Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
2026-03-17
Ordered immediately messaged
2026-03-18
Received from Senate concurred in
receipt
2026-03-18
LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 3)
2026-03-18
Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2026
enrolled
2026-03-19
Presented to the Governor on 3-19-2026
executive-receipt
2026-03-19
Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
2026-03-20
Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
2026-03-20
Report approved by the Governor on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 115
executive-signature
2026-03-20
Published 3-21-2026
became-law

Versions

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Documents

Votes

Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 12, Noes 3
2026-01-21 · pass · 12-3
Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1
2026-01-21 · pass · 14-1
Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1
2026-01-21 · pass · 14-1
PASSAGE
2026-02-19 · pass · 77-18
Member-level votes (95)
- ALLEN: yes
- ANDERSON: no
- ANDRACA: no
- ARMSTRONG: yes
- ARNEY: no
- AUGUST: yes
- BARE: no
- BEHNKE: yes
- BILLINGS: yes
- BORN: yes
- BRILL: yes
- BROOKS: yes
- BROWN: yes
- CALLAHAN: yes
- CLANCY: no
- CRUZ: yes
- DALLMAN: yes
- DESANTO: yes
- DESMIDT: no
- DITTRICH: yes
- DONOVAN: yes
- DOYLE: yes
- DUCHOW: yes
- EMERSON: yes
- FITZGERALD: yes
- FRANKLIN: yes
- GOEBEN: yes
- GOODWIN: yes
- GREEN: yes
- GUNDRUM: yes
- GUSTAFSON: yes
- HAYWOOD: yes
- HONG: no
- HURD: yes
- HYSELL: no
- JACOBSON, B: yes
- JACOBSON, J: yes
- JOERS: no
- KAUFERT: yes
- KIRSCH: yes
- KITCHENS: yes
- KNODL: yes
- KREIBICH: yes
- KRUG: yes
- KURTZ: yes
- MADISON: no
- MAXEY: yes
- MAYADEV: no
- MCCARVILLE: yes
- MCGUIRE: yes
- MELOTIK: yes
- MIRESSE: no
- MOORE OMOKUNDE: no
- 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: yes
- PHELPS: no
- PIWOWARCZYK: yes
- PRONSCHINSKE: yes
- RIVERA-WAGNER: yes
- RODRIGUEZ: yes
- ROE: no
- SINICKI: yes
- SNODGRASS: no
- SNYDER: yes
- SORTWELL: yes
- SPAUDE: yes
- SPIROS: yes
- STEFFEN: yes
- STROUD: no
- STUBBS: yes
- SUBECK: yes
- SUMMERFIELD: yes
- SWEARINGEN: yes
- TAYLOR: yes
- TENORIO: no
- TITTL: yes
- TRANEL: yes
- TUCKER: yes
- TUSLER: yes
- UDELL: yes
- VANDERMEER: yes
- WICHGERS: yes
- WITTKE: yes
- ZIMMERMAN: yes
- SPEAKER: yes
Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
2026-03-16 · pass · 3-2
CONCURRENCE
2026-03-17 · pass · 28-5
Member-level votes (33)
- BRADLEY: yes
- JAMES: yes
- SMITH: yes
- CABRAL-GUEVARA: yes
- JOHNSON: yes
- SPREITZER: yes
- DASSLER-ALFHEI: yes
- KAPENGA: yes
- STAFSHOLT: yes
- DRAKE: yes
- KEYESKI: yes
- TESTIN: yes
- FELZKOWSKI: yes
- LEMAHIEU: yes
- TOMCZYK: yes
- FEYEN: yes
- MARKLEIN: yes
- WALL: yes
- HABUSH SINYKIN: yes
- PFAFF: yes
- WANGGAARD: yes
- HESSELBEIN: yes
- QUINN: yes
- WIMBERGER: yes
- HUTTON: yes
- RATCLIFF: yes
- JAGLER: yes
- ROYS: yes
- CARPENTER: no
- LARSON: no
- WIRCH: no
- JACQUE: no
- NASS: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab598

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