2025 to 2026 Legislature · State Assembly bill

AB 604

Relating to: coverage under the Medical Assistance program for incarcerated individuals. (FE)

Enacted Last action April 9, 2026: Published 4-9-2026

Official bill page and text: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov

Sponsors 24

Prime sponsors

Anderson, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Emerson, Hurd, Joers, Kitchens, Kurtz, Mayadev, Moses, Novak, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Rodriguez, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snyder, Steffen, Stroud, Stubbs, Tenorio, Tucker, Udell, Wittke

Status

Enacted as of April 9, 2026. The 2025 to 2026 Legislature serves until the 2027 Legislature convenes on January 4, 2027.

Referred to: Assembly Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention, Assembly Rules, Senate Organization (from the official referral record)

Roll-call votes 0

No roll-call votes recorded for this measure.

Timeline 41

Date	Chamber	Action
April 9, 2026	Assembly	Published 4-9-2026
April 9, 2026	Assembly	Report approved by the Governor on 4-8-2026. 2025 Wisconsin Act 233
April 2, 2026	Assembly	Presented to the Governor on 4-2-2026
March 25, 2026	Assembly	Report correctly enrolled on 3-25-2026
March 18, 2026	Assembly	Received from Senate concurred in
March 17, 2026	Senate	Ordered immediately messaged
March 17, 2026	Senate	Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 32, Noes 1
March 17, 2026	Senate	Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
March 17, 2026	Senate	Ordered to a third reading
March 17, 2026	Senate	Read a second time
March 16, 2026	Senate	Placed on calendar 3-17-2026 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
March 16, 2026	Senate	Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
February 25, 2026	Senate	Available for scheduling
February 25, 2026	Senate	Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization
February 23, 2026	Senate	Received from Assembly
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Ordered immediately messaged
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Read a third time and passed
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Rules suspended
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Ordered to a third reading
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Representative Moore Omokunde added as a coauthor
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Read a second time
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Senator Larson added as a cosponsor
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Representative Phelps added as a coauthor
February 19, 2026	Assembly	Made a special order of business at 9:30 PM on 2-19-2026 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 15
February 16, 2026	Assembly	Fiscal estimate received
February 9, 2026	Assembly	Representative J. Jacobson added as a coauthor
February 4, 2026	Assembly	Referred to committee on Rules
February 4, 2026	Assembly	Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention, Ayes 10, Noes 0
February 3, 2026	Assembly	Executive action taken
November 21, 2025	Assembly	Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
November 18, 2025	Assembly	Fiscal estimate received
November 14, 2025	Assembly	Representative Palmeri added as a coauthor
November 13, 2025	Assembly	Representative Andraca added as a coauthor
November 5, 2025	Assembly	Representatives Madison, Vining and Clancy added as coauthors
November 5, 2025	Assembly	Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor
November 4, 2025	Assembly	Public hearing held
November 4, 2025	Assembly	Representative Kirsch added as a coauthor
October 31, 2025	Assembly	Representative Melotik added as a coauthor
October 30, 2025	Assembly	Representative Brill added as a coauthor
October 29, 2025	Assembly	Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health and Substance Abuse Prevention
October 29, 2025	Assembly	Introduced by Representatives Moses, Stubbs, Anderson, DeSmidt, Dittrich, Emerson, Hurd, Joers, Kitchens, Kurtz, Mayadev, Novak, Ortiz-Velez, Piwowarczyk, Sheehan, Sinicki, Snyder, Steffen, Stroud, Tenorio, Tucker, Udell, Wittke and Rodriguez; cosponsored by Senators James, Marklein, Keyeski, L. Johnson, Dassler-Alfheim, Drake, Ratcliff, Roys, Smith, Wimberger and Spreitzer

Data: Open States (bulk data, October 1, 2026 monthly extract, which has no roll-call tallies; public data, attribution appreciated). Official record: docs.legis.wisconsin.gov. Bill pages link to the official text, not copied.