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type: "Bill"
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title: "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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description: "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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jurisdiction: "us/states/wi"
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legislature: "Wisconsin Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "AB 598"
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citation: "Wisconsin AB 598 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["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", "Snyder", "Stroud", "Stubbs", "Subeck", "Swearingen", "Wittke"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-10-29T05:00:00+00:00"
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last_action: "2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/19780f7c-4b32-4ad7-8cfb-7e5c2cca0090"
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source_url: "https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2025/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab598"
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source_hash: "9f9d9e96e577797eef394d6733ef46df742b143a4956eac516ca712fd33dcf23"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wi"]
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---
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# Wisconsin AB 598 (2025) — 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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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Assembly Substitute Amendment 3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/amends/2025/REG/AB598-ASA3)
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2. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2025/REG/AB598)
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## Votes
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- PASSAGE — **77–18** (pass) · lower
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- CONCURRENCE — **28–5** (pass) · upper
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- Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 12, Noes 3 — **12–3** (pass) · lower
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- Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1 — **14–1** (pass) · lower
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- Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1 — **14–1** (pass) · lower
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- Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — **3–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Dittrich — primary (person)
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- Donovan — primary (person)
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- Doyle — primary (person)
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- Goodwin — primary (person)
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- Gundrum — primary (person)
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- Hurd — primary (person)
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- Johnson — primary (person)
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- Knodl — primary (person)
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- Kreibich — primary (person)
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- Kurtz — primary (person)
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- McCarville — primary (person)
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- Melotik — primary (person)
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- Mursau — primary (person)
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- Novak — primary (person)
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- O'Connor — primary (person)
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- Palmeri — primary (person)
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- Penterman — primary (person)
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- Piwowarczyk — primary (person)
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- Prado — primary (person)
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- Rivera-Wagner — primary (person)
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- Rodriguez — primary (person)
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- Roe — primary (person)
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- Sheehan — primary (person)
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- Sinicki — primary (person)
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- Snyder — primary (person)
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- Stroud — primary (person)
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- Stubbs — primary (person)
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- Subeck — primary (person)
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- Swearingen — primary (person)
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- Wittke — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-10-29T05:00:00+00:00** 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 `introduction`
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- **2025-10-29T05:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Public hearing held
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- **2025-11-12T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Moses added as a coauthor
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- **2025-12-17T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Palmeri withdrawn as a coauthor `withdrawal`
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- **2026-01-06T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Roe withdrawn as a coauthor `withdrawal`
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- **2026-01-07T06:00:00+00:00** Fiscal estimate received `receipt`
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- **2026-01-13T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Prado withdrawn as a coauthor `withdrawal`
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- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder
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- **2026-01-14T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Johnson withdrawn as a coauthor `withdrawal`
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- **2026-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Snyder
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- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Stroud withdrawn as a coauthor `withdrawal`
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- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Executive action taken
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- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 1 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 12, Noes 3 `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-01-21T06:00:00+00:00** Referred to committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 2-17-2026
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- **2026-02-16T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Sheehan withdrawn as a coauthor `withdrawal`
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- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Representative Snyder
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- **2026-02-17T06:00:00+00:00** Made a special order of business at 1:22 PM on 2-18-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 13
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- **2026-02-18T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 2 offered by Representative Neubauer
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- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 offered by Representative Snyder
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- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Assembly Substitute Amendment 3 adopted `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and passed, Ayes 77, Noes 18 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-19T06:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
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- **2026-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Received from Assembly `receipt`
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- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25T06:00:00+00:00** Available for scheduling
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- **2026-03-06T06:00:00+00:00** Representative Brown added as a coauthor
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- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
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- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
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- **2026-03-16T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Kitchens added as a coauthor
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- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered to a third reading `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
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- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 28, Noes 5 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Senator Smith added as a cosponsor
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- **2026-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Ordered immediately messaged
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- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Received from Senate concurred in `receipt`
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- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** LRB correction (Assembly Substitute Amendment 3)
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- **2026-03-18T05:00:00+00:00** Report correctly enrolled on 3-18-2026 `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor on 3-19-2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-19T05:00:00+00:00** Representative Emerson added as a coauthor
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- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
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- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Report approved by the Governor on 3-20-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 115 `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-20T05:00:00+00:00** Published 3-21-2026 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/19780f7c-4b32-4ad7-8cfb-7e5c2cca0090`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).
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