Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 7 D · 1 R cosponsors

SB 14 — Relating to: pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.

Last action — Published 8-9-2025

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    Introduced
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  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
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    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 03, 2025. It awaits signature.

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Likely to advance 90% · high confidence

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Odds of enactment

Moderate

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  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 26 sponsors

    1 primary, 25 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (7 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

An Act to create 50.373 of the statutes;

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

40 added · 15 removed

Plain-language change summary

The recent amendment to Senate Bill 14 removed a provision that would have created a specific administrative rule regarding pelvic exams on unconscious patients. Additionally, it clarified that hospitals must have written policies in place to obtain informed consent before such exams are conducted for educational purposes. This change emphasizes the importance of patient consent in medical education, ensuring that patients' rights and dignity are respected, especially when they cannot provide consent themselves.

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- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBa0013/1 KMS:emw SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 14 February 10, 2025 - Offered by SenaACQUE .
- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-0048/1 KMS:emw SENATE BILL 14 February 3, 2025 - Introduced by SenatACQUE, CARPENTER, HABUSH SINYKIN, H ESSELBEIN, L.
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
JOHNSON , KEYESKI, RATCLIFF, SPREITZER and L ARSON, cosponsored by Representatives G OEBEN, SUBECK , ALLEN , ANDERSON , BEHNKE , BRILL, BROOKS , DITTRICH, KIRSCH, K NODL, M AXEY, M URPHY, M URSAU, N EYLON , RODRIGUEZ , TUSLER and W ICHGERS.
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Referred to Committee on Health.
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A N A CT to create 50.373 of the statutes;
delete the material beginning with Xand creating an administrative ruleY and ending with Xunconscious patientsY on line 3.
relating to:
2.
pelvic exams on unconscious patients and creating an administrative rule related to hospital requirements for pelvic exams on unconscious patients.
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Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill requires hospitals to ensure written informed consent is obtained from a patient before a pelvic exam is performed solely for educational purposes on the patient while the patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious.
before XA hospitalY insert X(1)Y.
The bill also creates a Department of Health Services rule providing that hospitals must maintain written policies and procedures requiring written informed consent to be obtained from a patient before a pelvic exam is performed solely for educational purposes on the patient while the patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious.
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The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
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SECTION 1.
after that line insert:
50.373 of the statutes is created to read:
X(2) A hospital shall maintain written policies and procedures requiring written informed consent to be obtained from a patient before a pelvic examination is performed solely for educational purposes on the patient while the patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious.Y.
50.373 Informed consent for pelvic examinations.
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A hospital shall - 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-0048/1 KMS:emw SENATE BILL 14 SECTION 1 ensure that, before a pelvic examination is performed solely for educational purposes on a patient while the patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious, written informed consent is obtained from the patient.
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S ECTION 2.
delete lines 4 to 13.
DHS 124.10 of the administrative code is created to read:
DHS 124.10 Consent policy for pelvic examinations performed for educational purposes.
A hospital shall maintain written policies and procedures requiring written informed consent to be obtained from a patient before a pelvic examination is performed solely for educational purposes on the patient while the patient is under general anesthesia or otherwise unconscious.
S ECTION 3.
Effective dates.
This act takes effect on the day after publication, except as follows:
(1) The creation of s.
DHS 124.10, Wis.
Adm.
Code, takes effect as provided in s.
227.265.
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Action History

  1. Published 8-9-2025

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 22

  3. Presented to the Governor on 8-7-2025

  4. Report correctly enrolled

  5. Received from Assembly concurred in

  6. Ordered immediately messaged

  7. Read a third time and concurred in

  8. Rules suspended

  9. Ordered to a third reading

  10. Read a second time

  11. Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  12. Representatives Stroud, Clancy and Madison added as cosponsors

  13. Representative O'Connor added as a cosponsor

  14. Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 5-13-2025

  15. Representatives Penterman and Fitzgerald added as cosponsors

  16. Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  17. Received from Senate

  18. Ordered immediately messaged

  19. Read a third time and passed

  20. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  21. Ordered to a third reading

  22. Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  23. Read a second time

  24. Placed on calendar 3-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  25. Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor

  26. Representatives Joers and Udell added as cosponsors

  27. Available for scheduling

  28. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  29. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  30. Executive action taken

  31. Representative Roe added as a cosponsor

  32. Representative Emerson added as a cosponsor

  33. Representative Vining added as a cosponsor

  34. Public hearing held

  35. Representative Stubbs added as a cosponsor

  36. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Jacque

  37. Representative Sinicki added as a cosponsor

  38. Senator Wirch added as a coauthor

  39. Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  40. Introduced by Senators Jacque, Carpenter, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, L. Johnson, Keyeski, Ratcliff, Spreitzer and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Goeben, Subeck, Allen, Anderson, Behnke, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Kirsch, Knodl, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, Rodriguez, Tusler and Wichgers

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1 sponsors · 25 co-sponsors · 106 not signed on

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Not signed on (106)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 14 do?
An Act to create 50.373 of the statutes;
Who sponsors SB 14?
SB 14 is sponsored by Habush Sinykin, Goeben, Subeck, Jacque, André (Republican), Carpenter, Tim (Democrat), Hesselbein, Dianne (Democrat), Allen, Behnke, Brill, Brooks, Dittrich, Kirsch, Knodl, Maxey, Murphy, Mursau, Neylon, Rodriguez, Tusler, Wichgers, Johnson, LaTonya (Democrat), Keyeski, Sarah (Democrat), Ratcliff, Melissa (Democrat), Spreitzer, Mark (Democrat), Larson, Chris (Democrat), and ANDERSON, J.
What is the current status of SB 14?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 03, 2025. It awaits signature.
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