republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2019/sb-380.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to: coverage of services under Medical Assistance provided through telehealth and other technologies, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
description: "Relating to: coverage of services under Medical Assistance provided through telehealth and other technologies, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 380"
citation: "Wisconsin SB 380 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernier", "Bewley", "Carpenter", "Cowles", "Darling", "Erpenbach", "Feyen", "Hansen", "Johnson", "Kooyenga", "L. Taylor", "LeMahieu", "Petrowski", "Schachtner", "Stroebel", "Testin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-08-29T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2019-11-26T06:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d3ab94e-a600-4fb5-af90-f0b85afc2724"
source_url: "http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2019/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb380"
source_hash: "8e144897c76ad07e65d45b9d99ee50bf069b81da833fd1b99e99027791ef2f70"
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 380 (2019) — Relating to: coverage of services under Medical Assistance provided through telehealth and other technologies, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority. (FE)

## Version chain

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

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2019/REG/SB380)
2. **Senate Amendment 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB380-SA1)
3. **Senate Amendment 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2019/REG/SB380-SA2)

## Votes

- Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0 — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernier — primary (person)
- Bewley — primary (person)
- Carpenter — primary (person)
- Cowles — primary (person)
- Darling — primary (person)
- Erpenbach — primary (person)
- Feyen — primary (person)
- Hansen — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kooyenga — primary (person)
- L. Taylor — primary (person)
- LeMahieu — primary (person)
- Petrowski — primary (person)
- Schachtner — primary (person)
- Stroebel — primary (person)
- Testin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-08-29T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced by Senators Kooyenga, Bewley, Testin, Carpenter, Bernier, Cowles, Darling, Erpenbach, Feyen, Hansen, Johnson, LeMahieu, Petrowski, Schachtner, Stroebel and L. Taylor; cosponsored by Representatives Loudenbeck, Kolste, Quinn, Riemer, Anderson, Ballweg, Billings, Born, Bowen, Considine, Crowley, Dittrich, Doyle, Duchow, Emerson, Felzkowski, Fields, Horlacher, Jagler, Kitchens, Kulp, Kuglitsch, Kurtz, B. Meyers, Mursau, L. Myers, Nygren, Ohnstad, Oldenburg, Petryk, Plumer, Pope, Rohrkaste, Snyder, Spreitzer, Steffen, Subeck, Summerfield, Tauchen, C. Taylor, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tranel, Tusler, VanderMeer and Zimmerman `introduction`
- **2019-08-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-09-09T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Skowronski added as a cosponsor
- **2019-09-10T05:00:00+00:00** Representative James added as a cosponsor
- **2019-09-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Larson added as a coauthor
- **2019-09-18T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senators Kooyenga and Bewley `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-09-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Edming added as a cosponsor
- **2019-10-03T05:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received
- **2019-10-09T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
- **2019-10-21T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction
- **2019-10-23T05:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
- **2019-10-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `amendment-passage`
- **2019-10-23T05:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health and Human Services, Ayes 5, Noes 0 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-10-23T05:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
- **2019-10-24T05:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senators Kooyenga and Bewley `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-10-28T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Wittke added as a cosponsor
- **2019-11-01T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 11-5-2019 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 1 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Senate Amendment 2 adopted `amendment-passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed `passage`
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate
- **2019-11-05T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to calendar of 11-7-2019 pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (1)(a)
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in `passage`
- **2019-11-07T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
- **2019-11-08T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly concurred in
- **2019-11-13T06:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled
- **2019-11-19T06:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 11-19-2019 by directive of the President, pursuant to Senate Rule 44m (3) `executive-receipt`
- **2019-11-26T06:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 11-25-2019. 2019 Wisconsin Act 56 `executive-signature`
- **2019-11-26T06:00:00+00:00** Published 11-26-2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d3ab94e-a600-4fb5-af90-f0b85afc2724`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).