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Wisconsin · 2025-2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 578: Relating to: consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (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 578 is a bill introduced in the Wisconsin Senate on October 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to: consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE). Primary sponsor: Eric Wimberger (Republican), Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Dan Feyen (Republican), Jesse James (Republican), Romaine Quinn (Republican). It lists 30 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 13 · Republican 22

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Eric WimbergerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate2
Rachael Cabral-GuevaraPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Dan FeyenPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate20
Jesse JamesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate23
Romaine QuinnPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Barbara DittrichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse99
Bob DonovanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse61
Steve DoyleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse94
Russell GoodwinCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Rick GundrumCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Karen HurdCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Tara JohnsonCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse96
Dan KnodlCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Rob KreibichCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse28
Tony KurtzCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse41
Maureen McCarvilleCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse42
Paul MelotikCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse22
Jeff MursauCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse36
Todd NovakCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51
Jerry O'ConnorCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
Lori PalmeriCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse54
Will PentermanCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse38
Jim PiwowarczykCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse98
Priscilla PradoCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse9
Amaad Rivera-WagnerCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse90
Jessie RodriguezCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse21
Ann RoeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse44
Joe SheehanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse26
Christine SinickiCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse20
Pat SnyderCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse85
Angela StroudCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Shelia StubbsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse78
Lisa SubeckCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse79
Rob SwearingenCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse34
Bob WittkeCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63

“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 Emerson added as a cosponsor
  4. Senator Smith added as a coauthor
  5. Representative Kitchens added as a cosponsor
  6. Representative Brown added as a cosponsor
  7. Representative Sheehan withdrawn as a cosponsor
  8. Representative Stroud withdrawn as a cosponsor
  9. Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Wimberger
  10. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Wimberger
  11. Representative Johnson withdrawn as a cosponsor
  12. Representative Prado withdrawn as a cosponsor

Showing 12 most recent of 22 actions. Full history

Sources

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