Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: Introduced 5 D cosponsors

SB 746 — Relating to: local health officer authority to mandate business closure to control communicable disease.

Last action — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

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

This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced December 12, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

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Summary

An Act to repeal 252.03 (2j) of the statutes;

Bill Text

How this bill changes current law

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The bill removes the restriction on local health officers regarding the maximum duration for closing a business during a communicable disease outbreak.

  • 252.03(2j)

    A local health officer may not issue a mandate to close any business in order to control an outbreak or epidemic of communicable disease for longer than 30 days unless the governing body of the political subdivision in which the order is intended to apply approves one extension of the order, not to exceed 30 days.

    Local health officers can now close businesses for any duration without the previous 30-day limitation.

Action History

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government

  3. Introduced by Senators Hesselbein, Larson, Ratcliff, Roys and Spreitzer; cosponsored by Representatives Bare, Udell, McCarville, Anderson, Arney, Palmeri, Roe and Subeck

Sponsors

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1 sponsors · 12 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (12)

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

public-safety healthcare
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 746 do?
An Act to repeal 252.03 (2j) of the statutes;
Who sponsors SB 746?
SB 746 is sponsored by Bare, Udell, McCarville, Arney, Palmeri, Roe, Subeck, Hesselbein, Dianne (Democrat), Larson, Chris (Democrat), Ratcliff, Melissa (Democrat), Roys, Kelda (Democrat), Spreitzer, Mark (Democrat), and ANDERSON, J.
What is the current status of SB 746?
This bill has been introduced in the Senate. Introduced December 12, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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