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AB 1155

Relating to: protection of pregnant individuals’ information, authorization for disclosure, data breach, and providing a penalty.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Clint Anderson and 13 co-sponsors

The bill enhances protection of pregnancy-related information by restricting disclosures, strengthening breach responses, and setting penalties for noncompliance.

Senator Keyeski added as a cosponsor
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Bill Summary · AB 1155

Summary of Assembly Bill 1155 (Wisconsin, 2025 Session)

Note: The bill text is not provided here; this summary is based on the bill title, sponsor information, action history, and available contextual cues from the provided materials.

1) Purpose and Intent

  • Main purpose: To address the protection of pregnant individuals’ information, regulate authorization for disclosure of that information, strengthen data breach responses, and establish a penalty related to these provisions.
  • The bill appears to focus on safeguarding personal health information specific to pregnant individuals, clarifying when and how such information may be disclosed, and imposing consequences for violations or breaches.

2) Key Provisions and Changes (as inferred from the title and context)

  • Protection of information: Establishes measures to protect data pertaining to pregnant individuals. This may include prohibitions or restrictions on dissemination of identifiable pregnancy-related data by various entities (e.g., healthcare providers, insurers, employers, or state agencies).
  • Authorization for disclosure: Creates or refines procedures for when pregnancy-related information may be disclosed to third parties. This could involve consent requirements, limited permitted disclosures, or heightened safeguards for sensitive data.
  • Data breach requirements: Adds requirements related to data breaches involving pregnancy-related information. This could include notice obligations, remedial actions, and possibly reporting to a state authority or affected individuals.
  • Penalties: Introduces penalties for noncompliance with the protections, disclosure authorization rules, and data breach obligations. Penalties may include fines or other sanctions designed to deter improper handling of sensitive pregnancy data.

3) Who or What is Affected

  • Individuals: Pregnant individuals whose health or pregnancy-related information is collected, stored, or transmitted by covered entities.
  • Entities likely covered: Health care providers, health plans, data brokers, insurers, employers, and possibly state or local agencies that handle pregnancy-related information, depending on the definitions in the bill.
  • Penalties target: Organizations or individuals that fail to comply with the new protection, disclosure, and breach notification requirements.

4) Procedural and Timeline Aspects

  • Introduced by: A group of Assembly members (Subeck, Anderson, Arney, Joers, Johnson, Madison, McCarville, Miresse, Neubauer, Palmeri, Roe, Sinicki, Tenorio, Udell) with multiple co-sponsors, and Senators listed as cosponsors.
  • First-reading status: Read in the Assembly and referred to the Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care on March 13.
  • Cosponsor activity: Several legislators have joined as sponsors or cosponsors, including a senator as of March 30.
  • Committee process: The bill is pending review by the relevant committee (Health, Aging and Long-Term Care). The legislative path would typically involve committee hearings, potential amendments, and floor action in both chambers.
  • Current status indicators (from provided data): The provided history shows introduction and referral, but no final passage as of the latest entry. A “Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1” entry appears for a March 23 date in a related timeline, but the exact applicability to AB 1155 is unclear without the full text of the action.

5) Political and Public Policy Context (informational)

  • The bill intersects with privacy, health information security, and patient rights. It may be part of broader privacy or health data protection policymaking.
  • The presence of a notable opponent reference in the provided materials (e.g., a statement from Wisconsin Family Action Inc.) suggests that the measure has polarizable implications for groups concerned with pregnancy-related services and information handling.

6) Potential Impacts and Considerations

  • For pregnant individuals: Increased privacy and clearer rights regarding who can access their pregnancy-related information; improved breach notification and remediation processes.
  • For covered entities: Requirements to implement stricter data protection measures, obtain appropriate authorizations for disclosures, and comply with breach reporting and penalties.
  • Operational impact: Depending on the final definitions (e.g., what constitutes “pregnant individuals’ information” and which entities are covered), there could be administrative and technical compliance costs for healthcare providers, insurers, and employers.

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