AB 598

Wisconsin Assembly bill in Session 2025REG.

Status: in_committee. Latest action: March 6, 2026.

consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement.

Bill ID WI-2025REG-AB-598
Session 2025REG
Status in_committee
Committee Senate Organization
Assembly in_committee 2026-03-06
Healthcare
Summary

An Act to renumber and amend 50.06 (1) and 50.06 (4); to amend 50.06 (2) (b), 50.06 (2) (c), 50.06 (5) (a) (intro.), 50.06 (5) (b), 50.06 (6), 50.06 (7), 50.08 (1) (b) and 154.225 (1) (c); to create 50.06 (1) (a), 50.06 (1) (b), 50.06 (1) (d), 50.06 (4) (b), 50.06 (4) (c), 50.06 (5) (am), 50.06 (5) (ar), 50.06 (8), 54.36 (1m), 54.50 (3) (cm), 59.42 (4) and 146.82 (2) (a) 7m. of the statutes; Relating to: consent to admissions to certain health care facilities by patient representatives without requiring a petition for guardianship or protective placement. (FE)

Sponsor
Snyder
Official Source Back to Bills
Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2025-10-29 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-03-06 Status in_committee
2026-03-06 Latest Action Representative Brown added as a coauthor
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