2025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature

Assembly Bill 598

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: A - Enacted into Law

Important Actions (newest first)

Date / House Action Journal
3/20/2026 Asm.Published 3-21-2026681
3/17/2026 Sen.Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 28, Noes 5804
2/19/2026 Asm.Read a third time and passed, Ayes 77, Noes 18631

History

Date / House Action Journal
10/29/2025 Asm.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
327
10/29/2025 Asm.Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care327
11/12/2025 Asm.Public hearing held 
11/12/2025 Asm.Representative Moses added as a coauthor351
12/17/2025 Asm.Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a coauthor415
1/6/2026 Asm.Representative Roe withdrawn as a coauthor421
1/7/2026 Asm.Fiscal estimate received 
1/13/2026 Asm.Representative Prado withdrawn as a coauthor435
1/14/2026 Asm.Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder448
1/14/2026 Asm.Representative Johnson withdrawn as a coauthor453
1/16/2026 Asm.Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Snyder466
1/21/2026 Asm.Representative Stroud withdrawn as a coauthor485
1/21/2026 Asm.Executive action taken 
1/21/2026 Asm.Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1483
1/21/2026 Asm.Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1483
1/21/2026 Asm.Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 12, Noes 3483
1/21/2026 Asm.Referred to committee on Rules483
2/13/2026 Asm.Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026 
2/16/2026 Asm.Representative Sheehan withdrawn as a coauthor579
2/17/2026 Asm.Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder581
2/17/2026 Asm.Made a special order of business at 1:22 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13595
2/18/2026 Asm.Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Neubauer596
2/19/2026 Asm.Read a second time631
2/19/2026 Asm.Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Snyder631
2/19/2026 Asm.Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adopted631
2/19/2026 Asm.Ordered to a third reading631
2/19/2026 Asm.Rules suspended631
2/19/2026 Asm.Read a third time and passed, Ayes 77, Noes 18631
2/19/2026 Asm.Ordered immediately messaged632
2/23/2026 Sen.Received from Assembly741
2/25/2026 Sen.Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization748
2/25/2026 Sen.Available for scheduling 
3/6/2026 Sen.Representative Brown added as a coauthor770
3/16/2026 Sen.Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2788
3/16/2026 Sen.Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)789
3/16/2026 Sen.Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor790
3/17/2026 Sen.Read a second time804
3/17/2026 Sen.Ordered to a third reading804
3/17/2026 Sen.Rules suspended to give bill its third reading804
3/17/2026 Sen.Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 28, Noes 5804
3/17/2026 Sen.Senator Smith added as a cosponsor793
3/17/2026 Sen.Ordered immediately messaged813
3/18/2026 Asm.Received from Senate concurred in665
3/18/2026 Asm.LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 3)666
3/18/2026 Asm.Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2026666
3/19/2026 Asm.Presented to the Governor on 3-19-2026674
3/19/2026 Asm.Representative Emerson added as a coauthor676
3/20/2026 Asm.Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor683
3/20/2026 Asm.Report approved by the Governor on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 115681
3/20/2026 Asm.Published 3-21-2026681
 
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