AB 598
  • Introduced
    Oct 29, 2025
  • Passed Assembly
    Feb 19, 2026
  • Passed Senate
    Mar 17, 2026
  • Became Law
    Mar 20, 2026
AB 598
Wisconsin Assembly Bill
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Relating to: consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)
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Assembly • Mar 20, 2026: Published 3-21-2026
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Feb 19, 2026, Assembly
PASSAGE
YES: 77
NO: 18
OTHER: 4
YES: 77

NO: 18

NOT VOTING: 4

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Mar 17, 2026, Senate
CONCURRENCE
YES: 28
NO: 5
OTHER: 0
YES: 28

NO: 5

OTHER: 0
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  • Mar 20, 2026 | Assembly
    • Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
    • Report approved by the Governor on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 115
    • Published 3-21-2026
  • Mar 19, 2026 | Assembly
    • Presented to the Governor on 3-19-2026
    • Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
  • Mar 18, 2026 | Assembly
    • Received from Senate concurred in
    • LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 3)
    • Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2026
  • Mar 17, 2026 | Senate
    • Read a second time
    • Ordered to a third reading
    • Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
    • Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 28, Noes 5
    • Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
    • Ordered immediately messaged
  • Mar 16, 2026 | Senate
    • Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
    • Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
    • Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor
  • Mar 06, 2026 | Senate
    • Representative Brown added as a coauthor
  • 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
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