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UPDATE: 4/15/2024 - AB 775 and SB 733 died. AB 775 failed to be scheduled for a hearing in the Assembly Health, Aging and Long-Term Care Committee, and SB 733 failed to be scheduled for a hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety before the session calendar deadline of the last general-business floorperiod on 4/15/2024, pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1.
SB 733 was introduced and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety on 11/21/2023. It is sponsored by Senators Kelda Roys, L. Johnson, Agard, Carpenter, Hesselbein, Larson, Pfaff, Smith, Spreitzer, Taylor and Wirch.
AB 775 was introduced and referred to the Assembly Health, Aging and Long Term Care Committee on 12/11/2023. It is sponsored by Representatives Francesca Hong, J. Anderson, Andraca, Clancy, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Jacobson, Joers, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Neubauer, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Shelton, Sinicki, Stubbs, Subeck and Haywood.
AB 775 and SB 733 are health care provider censorship bills with civil penalties included. They require health care providers to provide "medically accurate information" as defined by biased medical trade associations such as the American Medical Association, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and others, or by government agencies such as the CDC, FDA, and Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The bills provide for civil penalties up to $20,000 per violation.
NVIC opposes these bills due to the hampering of free speech and the conflict of interest amongst pharmaceutical companies and providers. There is a long history of contributions from pharmaceutical companies to medical trade associations and government health agencies. These fiduciary relationships could compromise the neutrality of physicians who interact with patients. California recently repealed AB 2098 which hampered the ability of Californians doctors to speak freely about their medical opinions, when SB 815 was enacted on 9/30/2023. The senate bill removed the censorship provisions which had resulted in multiple lawsuits being filed.
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab775 - text, status, and history of AB 775
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2023/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb733 - text, status, and history of SB 733
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