Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 12 D · 9 R cosponsors

SB 23 — Relating to: extension of eligibility under the Medical Assistance program for postpartum women. (FE)

Last action — Published 3-19-2026

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced February 05, 2025. It awaits signature.

Next likely step: the executive signs it into law or issues a veto.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 90% · high confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

Moderate

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  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 87 sponsors

    1 primary, 86 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (12 D · 9 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

An Act to amend 49.46 (1) (a) 1m., 49.46 (1) (j), 49.47 (4) (ag) 2., 49.471 (6) (b) and 49.471 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes;

Bill Text

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The bill extends Medical Assistance eligibility for postpartum women from 90 days to 365 days after the last day of the pregnancy.

  • 49.46(1)(a)1m.

    90th → 365th

    Postpartum Medical Assistance eligibility period is extended from 90 days to 365 days after the end of pregnancy.

  • 49.46(1)(j)

    90th → 365th

    Eligibility for postpartum Medical Assistance is reinforced to extend to 365 days after the end of pregnancy, regardless of family income changes.

  • 49.47(4)(ag)2.

    90th → 365th

    Medical Assistance for pregnant women is extended from 90 days to 365 days postpartum.

  • 49.471(6)(b)

    90th → 365th

    Continuation of Medical Assistance for eligible pregnant women is extended to 365 days after pregnancy ends.

  • 49.471(7)(b)1.

    90th → 365th

    Medical Assistance coverage for pregnant women with high income is extended to 365 days after pregnancy ends.

Action History

  1. Published 3-19-2026

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 3-18-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 102

  3. Presented to the Governor on 3-12-2026

  4. Report correctly enrolled

  5. Received from Assembly concurred in

  6. Ordered immediately messaged

  7. Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 95, Noes 1

  8. Rules suspended

  9. Ordered to a third reading

  10. Read a second time

  11. Made a special order of business at 11:03 AM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 14

  12. Withdrawn from committee on State Affairs and referred to committee on Rules

  13. Representative DeSanto added as a cosponsor

  14. Withdrawn from committee on Assembly Organization and referred to committee on State Affairs pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

  15. Representative Tranel added as a cosponsor

  16. Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to committee on Assembly Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)

  17. Representative Goeben added as a cosponsor

  18. Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  19. Received from Senate

  20. Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Read a third time and passed, Ayes 32, Noes 1

  22. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  23. Ordered to a third reading

  24. Read a second time

  25. Senator Smith added as a coauthor

  26. Placed on calendar 4-22-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  27. Fiscal estimate received

  28. Representatives Ortiz-Velez and Haywood added as cosponsors

  29. Representative McGuire added as a cosponsor

  30. Representative Moses added as a cosponsor

  31. Representative Callahan added as a cosponsor

  32. Available for scheduling

  33. Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  34. Executive action taken

  35. Public hearing held

  36. Senators Carpenter and L. Johnson added as coauthors

  37. Representative Summerfield added as a cosponsor

  38. Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  39. Introduced by Senators James, Felzkowski, Bradley, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Feyen, Habush Sinykin, Hesselbein, Keyeski, Larson, Marklein, Pfaff, Quinn, Ratcliff, Roys, Spreitzer, Tomczyk, Wall, Wanggaard, Wimberger and Wirch; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, Rodriguez, Allen, Anderson, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Behnke, Billings, Brown, Clancy, Cruz, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Donovan, Doyle, Duchow, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Franklin, Goodwin, Gundrum, Gustafson, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Joers, Johnson, Kaufert, Kirsch, Kitchens, Kreibich, Krug, Kurtz, Madison, Maxey, Mayadev, McCarville, Melotik, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Mursau, Neubauer, Neylon, Novak, Palmeri, Petersen, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Steffen, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio, Tusler, Udell, Vining, Wichgers and Wittke

Sponsors

  • Habush Sinykin · Cosponsor
  • Snyder · Cosponsor
  • Rodriguez · Cosponsor
  • Allen · Cosponsor
  • Andraca · Cosponsor
  • Arney · Cosponsor
  • Bare · Cosponsor
  • Behnke · Cosponsor
  • Billings · Cosponsor
  • Brown · Cosponsor
  • Clancy · Cosponsor
  • Cruz · Cosponsor
  • DeSmidt · Cosponsor
  • Dittrich · Cosponsor
  • Donovan · Cosponsor
  • Doyle · Cosponsor
  • Duchow · Cosponsor
  • Emerson · Cosponsor
  • Fitzgerald · Cosponsor
  • Franklin · Cosponsor
  • Goodwin · Cosponsor
  • Gundrum · Cosponsor
  • Gustafson · Cosponsor
  • Hong · Cosponsor
  • Hysell · Cosponsor
  • J. Jacobson · Cosponsor
  • Joers · Cosponsor
  • Kaufert · Cosponsor
  • Kirsch · Cosponsor
  • Kitchens · Cosponsor
  • Kreibich · Cosponsor
  • Krug · Cosponsor
  • Kurtz · Cosponsor
  • Madison · Cosponsor
  • Maxey · Cosponsor
  • Mayadev · Cosponsor
  • McCarville · Cosponsor
  • Melotik · Cosponsor
  • Miresse · Cosponsor
  • Moore Omokunde · Cosponsor
  • Mursau · Cosponsor
  • Neubauer · Cosponsor
  • Neylon · Cosponsor
  • Novak · Cosponsor
  • Palmeri · Cosponsor
  • Petersen · Cosponsor
  • Phelps · Cosponsor
  • Prado · Cosponsor
  • Rivera-Wagner · Cosponsor
  • Roe · Cosponsor
  • Sheehan · Cosponsor
  • Sinicki · Cosponsor
  • Snodgrass · Cosponsor
  • Spaude · Cosponsor
  • Steffen · Cosponsor
  • Stroud · Cosponsor
  • Stubbs · Cosponsor
  • Subeck · Cosponsor
  • Taylor · Cosponsor
  • Tenorio · Cosponsor
  • Tusler · Cosponsor
  • Udell · Cosponsor
  • Vining · Cosponsor
  • Wichgers · Cosponsor
  • Wittke · Cosponsor
  • Jesse James · Primary
  • Mary Felzkowski · Cosponsor
  • Julian Bradley · Cosponsor
  • Kristin Dassler-Alfheim · Cosponsor
  • Dora Drake · Cosponsor
  • Dan Feyen · Cosponsor
  • Dianne Hesselbein · Cosponsor
  • Sarah Keyeski · Cosponsor
  • Chris Larson · Cosponsor
  • Howard Marklein · Cosponsor
  • Brad Pfaff · Cosponsor
  • Romaine Quinn · Cosponsor
  • Melissa Ratcliff · Cosponsor
  • Kelda Roys · Cosponsor
  • Mark Spreitzer · Cosponsor
  • Cory Tomczyk · Cosponsor
  • Jamie Wall · Cosponsor
  • Van Wanggaard · Cosponsor
  • Eric Wimberger · Cosponsor
  • Robert Wirch · Cosponsor
  • J ANDERSON · Cosponsor
  • LaTonya Johnson · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 86 co-sponsors · 45 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (86)

Not signed on (45)

45 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Read a third time and concurred in

Passed 95 Yea · 1 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 52100
Democrat 40003
Unaffiliated 3000
Total 95103
% of votes cast 96%1%0%3%
How each member voted (99)
Member Party Vote
JOHNSON — Yea
MOORE OMOKUNDE — Yea
SPEAKER — Yea
Anderson, Clinton Democrat Yea
Andraca, Deb Democrat Yea
Arney, Margaret Democrat Yea
Bare, Mike Democrat Yea
Billings, Jill Democrat Yea
Brown, Brienne Democrat Yea
Clancy, Ryan Democrat Yea
Cruz, Angelina Democrat Yea
DeSanto, Karen Democrat Yea
DeSmidt, Ben Democrat Yea
Doyle, Steve Democrat Not Voting
Emerson, Jodi Democrat Not Voting
Fitzgerald, Joan Democrat Yea
Goodwin, Russell Democrat Yea
Haywood, Kalan Democrat Yea
Hong, Francesca Democrat Yea
Hysell, Andrew Democrat Yea
Jacobson, Jenna Democrat Yea
Joers, Alex Democrat Yea
Kirsch, Karen Democrat Yea
Madison, Darrin Democrat Yea
Mayadev, Renuka Democrat Yea
McCarville, Maureen Democrat Yea
McGuire, Tip Democrat Yea
Miresse, Vincent Democrat Yea
Neubauer, Greta Democrat Yea
Ortiz-Velez, Sylvia Democrat Yea
Palmeri, Lori Democrat Yea
Phelps, Christian Democrat Yea
Prado, Priscilla Democrat Yea
Rivera-Wagner, Amaad Democrat Yea
Roe, Ann Democrat Yea
Sheehan, Joe Democrat Yea
Sinicki, Christine Democrat Yea
Snodgrass, Lee Democrat Yea
Spaude, Ryan Democrat Not Voting
Stroud, Angela Democrat Yea
Stubbs, Shelia Democrat Yea
Subeck, Lisa Democrat Yea
Taylor, Sequanna Democrat Yea
Tenorio, Angelito Democrat Yea
Udell, Randy Democrat Yea
Vining, Robyn Democrat Yea
Allen, Scott Republican Yea
Armstrong, David Republican Yea
August, Tyler Republican Yea
Behnke, Elijah Republican Yea
Born, Mark Republican Yea
Brill, Lindee Republican Yea
Brooks, Robert Republican Yea
Callahan, Calvin Republican Yea
Dallman, Alex Republican Yea
Dittrich, Barbara Republican Yea
Donovan, Bob Republican Yea
Duchow, Cindi Republican Yea
Franklin, Benjamin Republican Yea
Goeben, Joy Republican Yea
Green, Chanz Republican Yea
Gundrum, Rick Republican Yea
Gustafson, Nate Republican Yea
Hurd, Karen Republican Yea
Jacobson, Brent Republican Yea
Kaufert, Dean Republican Yea
Kitchens, Joel Republican Yea
Knodl, Daniel Republican Yea
Kreibich, Rob Republican Yea
Krug, Scott Republican Yea
Kurtz, Tony Republican Yea
Maxey, Dave Republican Yea
Melotik, Paul Republican Yea
Moses, Clint Republican Yea
Murphy, David Republican Yea
Mursau, Jeffrey Republican Yea
Nedweski, Amanda Republican Yea
Neylon, Adam Republican Yea
Novak, Todd Republican Yea
O'Connor, Jerry Republican Yea
Penterman, William Republican Yea
Petersen, Kevin Republican Yea
Piwowarczyk, Jim Republican Yea
Pronschinske, Treig Republican Yea
Rodriguez, Jessie Republican Yea
Snyder, Patrick Republican Yea
Sortwell, Shae Republican Nay
Spiros, John Republican Yea
Steffen, David Republican Yea
Summerfield, Rob Republican Yea
Swearingen, Rob Republican Yea
Tittl, Paul Republican Yea
Tranel, Travis Republican Yea
Tucker, Duke Republican Yea
Tusler, Ron Republican Yea
VanderMeer, Nancy Republican Yea
Wichgers, Chuck Republican Yea
Wittke, Robert Republican Yea
Zimmerman, Shannon Republican Yea

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Read a third time and passed

Passed 32 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 17100
Democrat 12000
Unaffiliated 3000
Total 32100
% of votes cast 97%3%0%0%
How each member voted (33)
Member Party Vote
JOHNSON — Yea
DASSLER-ALFHEI — Yea
HABUSH SINYKIN — Yea
Carpenter, Tim Democrat Yea
Drake, Dora Democrat Yea
Hesselbein, Dianne Democrat Yea
Keyeski, Sarah Democrat Yea
Larson, Chris Democrat Yea
Pfaff, Brad Democrat Yea
Ratcliff, Melissa Democrat Yea
Roys, Kelda Democrat Yea
Smith, Jeff Democrat Yea
Spreitzer, Mark Democrat Yea
Wall, Jamie Democrat Yea
Wirch, Robert Democrat Yea
Bradley, Julian Republican Yea
Cabral-Guevara, Rachael Republican Yea
Felzkowski, Mary Republican Yea
Feyen, Dan Republican Yea
Hutton, Rob Republican Yea
Jacque, André Republican Yea
Jagler, John Republican Yea
James, Jesse Republican Yea
Kapenga, Chris Republican Nay
LeMahieu, Devin Republican Yea
Marklein, Howard Republican Yea
Nass, Steve Republican Yea
Quinn, Romaine Republican Yea
Stafsholt, Rob Republican Yea
Testin, Patrick Republican Yea
Tomczyk, Cory Republican Yea
Wanggaard, Van Republican Yea
Wimberger, Eric Republican Yea

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 23 do?
An Act to amend 49.46 (1) (a) 1m., 49.46 (1) (j), 49.47 (4) (ag) 2., 49.471 (6) (b) and 49.471 (7) (b) 1. of the statutes;
Who sponsors SB 23?
SB 23 is sponsored by Habush Sinykin, Snyder, Rodriguez, Allen, Andraca, Arney, Bare, Behnke, Billings, Brown, Clancy, Cruz, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Donovan, Doyle, Duchow, Emerson, Fitzgerald, Franklin, Goodwin, Gundrum, Gustafson, Hong, Hysell, J. Jacobson, Joers, Kaufert, Kirsch, Kitchens, Kreibich, Krug, Kurtz, Madison, Maxey, Mayadev, McCarville, Melotik, Miresse, Moore Omokunde, Mursau, Neubauer, Neylon, Novak, Palmeri, Petersen, Phelps, Prado, Rivera-Wagner, Roe, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Spaude, Steffen, Stroud, Stubbs, Subeck, Taylor, Tenorio, Tusler, Udell, Vining, Wichgers, Wittke, James, Jesse (Republican), Felzkowski, Mary (Republican), Bradley, Julian (Republican), Dassler-Alfheim, Kristin (Democrat), Drake, Dora (Democrat), Feyen, Dan (Republican), Hesselbein, Dianne (Democrat), Keyeski, Sarah (Democrat), Larson, Chris (Democrat), Marklein, Howard (Republican), Pfaff, Brad (Democrat), Quinn, Romaine (Republican), Ratcliff, Melissa (Democrat), Roys, Kelda (Democrat), Spreitzer, Mark (Democrat), Tomczyk, Cory (Republican), Wall, Jamie (Democrat), Wanggaard, Van (Republican), Wimberger, Eric (Republican), Wirch, Robert (Democrat), ANDERSON, J, and Johnson, LaTonya (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 23?
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