SB 437 Wisconsin Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Relating to: automated external defibrillators in child care centers and making an appropriation. (FE)

This bill provides $1 million every two years to help licensed child care centers purchase and maintain automated external defibrillators (AEDs). It requires centers to contribute 33% of the grant amount as matching funds. The Department of Children and Families will administer the grants, distributing funds to eligible centers under state licensing rules. This policy directly affects all licensed child care centers in the state by improving emergency cardiac response capabilities.
Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Sep 2025
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Introduced Sep 29, 2025 Last action Mar 23, 2026
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Nov 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on Mental Health, Substance Abuse Prevention, Children and Families, Ayes 5, Noes 0
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Sep 29, 2025
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Introduced by Senators Pfaff, Wirch, Hesselbein, Spreitzer, Drake, Ratcliff, Keyeski, Dassler-Alfheim and Larson; cosponsored by Representatives Billings, Sinicki, Miresse, Ortiz-Velez, Kirsch, Madison, Joers, Palmeri, Bare, Fitzgerald, Snodgrass, Roe, DeSmidt, Sheehan, Stubbs, Kaufert, Udell, Vining, Subeck, Anderson, Johnson and Haywood
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