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IntroducedOct 29, 2025
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Passed AssemblyFeb 19, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Wisconsin Assembly Bill
Relating to: consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Feb 25, 2026: Available for scheduling
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on AB 598
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors



- Donovanprimary
- Doyleprimary
- Goodwinprimary
- Gundrumprimary
- Hurdprimary
- Johnsonprimary
- Knodlprimary
- Kreibichprimary
- Kurtzprimary
- McCarvilleprimary
- Melotikprimary
- Mursauprimary
- Novakprimary
- O'Connorprimary
- Palmeriprimary
- Pentermanprimary
- Piwowarczykprimary
- Pradoprimary
- Rivera-Wagnerprimary
- Rodriguezprimary
- Roeprimary
- Sheehanprimary
- Sinickiprimary
- Stroudprimary
- Stubbsprimary
- Swearingenprimary
- Wittkeprimary
Votes
YES: 77
- ALLEN
- ARMSTRONG
- AUGUST
- BEHNKE
- BILLINGS
- BORN
- BRILL
- BROOKS
- BROWN
- CALLAHAN
- CRUZ
- DALLMAN
- DESANTO
- DITTRICH
- DONOVAN
- DOYLE
- DUCHOW
- EMERSON
- FITZGERALD
- FRANKLIN
- GOEBEN
- GOODWIN
- GREEN
- GUNDRUM
- GUSTAFSON
- HAYWOOD
- HURD
- JACOBSON, B
- JACOBSON, J
- KAUFERT
- KIRSCH
- KITCHENS
- KNODL
- KREIBICH
- KRUG
- KURTZ
- MAXEY
- MCCARVILLE
- MCGUIRE
- MELOTIK
- MOSES
- MURPHY
- MURSAU
- NEDWESKI
- NEUBAUER
- NEYLON
- NOVAK
- O'CONNOR
- ORTIZ-VELEZ
- PALMERI
- PENTERMAN
- PETERSEN
- PIWOWARCZYK
- PRONSCHINSKE
- RIVERA-WAGNER
- RODRIGUEZ
- SINICKI
- SNYDER
- SORTWELL
- SPAUDE
- SPIROS
- STEFFEN
- STUBBS
- SUBECK
- SUMMERFIELD
- SWEARINGEN
- TAYLOR
- TITTL
- TRANEL
- TUCKER
- TUSLER
- UDELL
- VANDERMEER
- WICHGERS
- WITTKE
- ZIMMERMAN
- SPEAKER
NO: 18
Actions
- Feb 25, 2026 | Senate
- Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
- Available for scheduling
- Feb 23, 2026 | Senate
- Received from Assembly
- Feb 19, 2026 | Assembly
- Read a second time
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Snyder
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adopted
- Ordered to a third reading
- Rules suspended
- Read a third time and passed, Ayes 77, Noes 18
- Ordered immediately messaged
- Feb 18, 2026 | Assembly
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Neubauer
- Feb 17, 2026 | Assembly
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder
- Made a special order of business at 1:22 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13
- Feb 16, 2026 | Assembly
- Representative Sheehan withdrawn as a coauthor
- Feb 13, 2026 | Assembly
- Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
- Jan 21, 2026 | Assembly
- Representative Stroud withdrawn as a coauthor
- Executive action taken
- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1
- Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 12, Noes 3
- Referred to committee on Rules
- Jan 16, 2026 | Assembly
- Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Snyder
- Jan 14, 2026 | Assembly
- Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder
- Representative Johnson withdrawn as a coauthor
- Jan 13, 2026 | Assembly
- Representative Prado withdrawn as a coauthor
- Jan 07, 2026 | Assembly
- Fiscal estimate received
- Jan 06, 2026 | Assembly
- Representative Roe withdrawn as a coauthor
- Dec 17, 2025 | Assembly
- Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a coauthor
- Nov 12, 2025 | Assembly
- Public hearing held
- Representative Moses added as a coauthor
- Oct 29, 2025 | Assembly
- 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
- Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
Bill Texts
- Bill TextHTML
- Bill TextPDF
- Assembly Amendment 1 (offered 1/14/2026) -- SnyderHTML
- Assembly Amendment 1 (offered 1/14/2026) -- SnyderPDF
- Assembly Amendment 2 (offered 1/16/2026) -- SnyderHTML
- Assembly Amendment 2 (offered 1/16/2026) -- SnyderPDF
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 (offered 2/17/2026) -- SnyderHTML
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 (offered 2/17/2026) -- SnyderPDF
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 (offered 2/18/2026) -- NeubauerHTML
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 (offered 2/18/2026) -- NeubauerPDF
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 (adopted 2/19/2026) -- SnyderHTML
- Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 (adopted 2/19/2026) -- SnyderPDF
Documents
- Amendment Histories
- LC Amendment Memo
- AB598: Fiscal Estimate From DHS
- AB598 ROCP for Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care On 1/21/2026
- AB598 ROCP for Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care On 1/21/2026
- LC Hearing Materials for AB598 on 11/12/2025
- Wisconsin Ethics Commission information
- 2025 Senate Bill 578
