---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: provision of health services through telehealth by out-of-state providers under the Medical Assistance program."
description: "Relating to: provision of health services through telehealth by out-of-state providers under the Medical Assistance program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 476"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 476 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ballweg", "Cowles", "Quinn", "Testin"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-09-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4dba3fc-0c2f-4095-8e22-fffd6f3747fb"
source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb476"
source_hash: "a48f9391690b8dab561077c1d0a29e6402ab340a00684100785745e9fe327c74"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
---

# Wisconsin SB 476 (2023) — Relating to: provision of health services through telehealth by out-of-state providers under the Medical Assistance program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2023/REG/SB476)

## Votes

- Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ballweg — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Quinn — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-09-29T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Testin, Ballweg, Cowles and Quinn; cosponsored by Representatives Schutt, Donovan, Gustafson, Kitchens, Murphy, Mursau and Rettinger `introduction`
- **2023-09-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-10-02T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a cosponsor
- **2023-10-12T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2023-11-30T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2023-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-12-01T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2024-01-12T06:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 1-16-2024 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Senator Carpenter added as a coauthor
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate `receipt`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2024-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in `receipt`
- **2024-01-19T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-18-2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-22-2024. 2023 Wisconsin Act 180 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-23-2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4dba3fc-0c2f-4095-8e22-fffd6f3747fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).