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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

AB 542: Relating to: dental provider network rental by insurance plans.

Did not advance Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Did not advance

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 542 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin House on October 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: dental provider network rental by insurance plans. Primary sponsor: Nancy VanderMeer (Republican), Elijah Behnke (Republican), Lindee Brill (Republican), Rick Gundrum (Republican), Paul Melotik (Republican), Christine Sinicki (Democratic), Chuck Wichgers (Republican). It lists 6 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 23, 2026): Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4 · Republican 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Nancy VanderMeerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse70
Elijah BehnkePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Lindee BrillPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse27
Rick GundrumPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Paul MelotikPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Christine SinickiPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Chuck WichgersPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse84
Kristin Dassler-AlfheimCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate18
Mary FelzkowskiCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Dan FeyenCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Steve NassCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate11
Melissa RatcliffCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Mark SpreitzerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate15

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
  2. Laid on the table
  3. Placed on calendar 1-22-2026 by Committee on Rules
  4. Referred to committee on Rules
  5. Report passage recommended by Committee on Insurance, Ayes 9, Noes 0
  6. Executive action taken
  7. Representative Udell added as a coauthor
  8. Public hearing held
  9. Senator Wirch added as a cosponsor
  10. Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
  11. Representative Ortiz-Velez added as a coauthor
  12. Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source