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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1077: Relating to: health insurance coverage of prosthetic limbs and custom orthotic braces. (FE)

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

SB 1077 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on February 26, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: health insurance coverage of prosthetic limbs and custom orthotic braces. (FE). Primary sponsor: Melissa Ratcliff (Democratic), Jeff Smith (Democratic), Patrick Testin (Republican), Mark Spreitzer (Democratic), LaTonya Johnson (Democratic). It lists 15 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 16 · Republican 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Melissa RatcliffPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate16
Jeff SmithPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Patrick TestinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Mark SpreitzerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate15
LaTonya JohnsonPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate6
Brienne BrownCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse43
Karen DeSantoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse40
Jodi EmersonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91
Ben FranklinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse88
Andrew HysellCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse48
Alex JoersCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse81
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Vinnie MiresseCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse71
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Sylvia Ortiz-VelezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse8
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Pat SnyderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Sequanna TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse11
Angelito TenorioCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse14

“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. Representative J. Jacobson added as a cosponsor
  3. Representative Anderson added as a cosponsor
  4. Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
  5. Representative Sheehan added as a cosponsor
  6. Representative Clancy added as a cosponsor
  7. Senator Larson added as a coauthor
  8. Read first time and referred to Committee on Insurance, Housing, Rural Issues and Forestry
  9. Introduced by Senators Ratcliff, Smith, Testin, Spreitzer and L. Johnson; cosponsored by Representatives Hysell, Stubbs, Snyder, Brown, DeSanto, Emerson, Franklin, Joers, McCarville, Miresse, Novak, Ortiz-Velez, Sinicki, Taylor and Tenorio

Sources

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