Wisconsin Senate Bill 712 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 20-7)
Status: Failed on April 13 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-04-13 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to repeal 69.18 (4) (bm), 979.01 (3), 979.01 (3m), 979.03 and 979.10 (3); to renumber 69.18 (4) (a) 1g. to 6.; to renumber and amend 69.18 (4) (a) (intro.), 157.02 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5), 979.01 (1m), 979.01 (2), 979.01 (4), 979.02, 979.10 (1) (a) 1., 2. and 3. and 979.10 (1) (c); to amend 20.165 (1) (g), 20.435 (1) (gm), 69.01 (12), 69.18 (2) (d) 1., 69.18 (2) (d) 2., 69.18 (2) (d) 3., 69.18 (3) (a), 69.18 (3) (b), 69.18 (3) (d), 69.20 (2) (a) 2., 157.03 (1), 157.03 (2), 157.055 (2) (intro.), 157.112 (3) (intro.), 157.70 (3) (a), 346.71 (1), 346.71 (2), 440.03 (9) (a) (intro.), 440.05 (intro.), 440.78 (1) (b), 979.01 (title), 979.01 (1r), 979.015, 979.02 (title), 979.025 (2), 979.025 (3), 979.09, 979.10 (1) (a) (intro.), 979.10 (1) (b), 979.10 (2), 979.10 (4) and 979.22; to repeal and recreate 20.435 (1) (gm), 979.01 (1) and 979.01 (1g); and to create 15.405 (18), 20.165 (1) (hr), 20.165 (1) (kd), 51.30 (4) (b) 29., 69.18 (4) (am) (intro.), 69.18 (4) (b), 69.18 (4) (d), 69.18 (4) (e), 69.18 (4) (f), 157.02 (1m) (title), 157.02 (2m), 440.03 (9) (bm), 440.03 (13) (b) 38d., 440.08 (2) (a) 46t., chapter 465, 979.001, 979.01 (1d), 979.01 (1i), 979.01 (1k), 979.01 (1m) (b), 979.01 (1p), 979.01 (2) (b), 979.017, 979.02 (2) to (7), 979.027, 979.032, 979.034, 979.036, 979.10 (1) (a) 1m. and 2m., 979.10 (1) (d), 979.10 (5) and 979.10 (6) of the statutes; Relating to: reporting deaths; death investigations and other duties of coroners and medical examiners; disposition of bodies; creating a medicolegal investigation examining board; licensure of medical examiners and medicolegal investigation staff members; extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing criminal penalties. (FE)

Reporting deaths; death investigations and other duties of coroners and medical examiners; disposition of bodies; creating a medicolegal investigation examining board; licensure of medical examiners and medicolegal investigation staff members; extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing criminal penalties. (FE)

Sen. Richard Gudex [R]	Sen. Julie Lassa [D]	Rep. Michael Schraa [R]	Rep. Katrina Shankland [D]
Rep. Amy Loudenbeck [R]	Rep. Joel Kitchens [R]	Rep. Joel Kleefisch [R]	Rep. Paul Tittl [R]
Rep. Robert Brooks [R]	Rep. Kenneth Skowronski [R]	Sen. Romaine Quinn [R]	Rep. Scott Krug [R]
Rep. Dana Wachs [D]	Rep. Mike Kuglitsch [R]	Rep. Robb Kahl [D]	Rep. Debra Kolste [D]
Rep. Frederick Kessler [D]	Rep. Jeffrey Mursau [R]	Rep. Nancy VanderMeer [R]	Rep. John Spiros [R]
Rep. Mark Born [R]	Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt [R]	Rep. Michael Rohrkaste [R]	Rep. Rob Swearingen [R]
Rep. Beth Meyers [D]	Rep. Adam Jarchow [R]	Rep. David Murphy [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-13	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2016-03-08	Senate	Available for scheduling
2016-03-08	Senate	Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection, Ayes 4, Noes 1
2016-03-08	Senate	Report adoption of Senate Substitute Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection, Ayes 5, Noes 0
2016-03-08	Senate	Executive action taken
2016-03-02	Senate	Public hearing held
2016-02-26	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2016-02-24	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2016-02-19	Senate	Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Gudex
2016-02-17	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2016-02-15	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2016-02-11	Senate	Fiscal estimate received
2016-02-09	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Government Operations and Consumer Protection
2016-02-09	Senate	Introduced

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2015/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb712
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2015/REG/SB712.pdf