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Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session

SB 338

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maximum amount of funeral and burial expenses under the funeral, burial, and cemetery expenses program.

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, county departments of social services or human services

(county departments) pay cemetery, funeral, and burial expenses for decedents who,

during life, received certain public assistance benefits, such as Wisconsin Works

benefits or Medical Assistance benefits, and whose estates at death are insufficient

to pay those expenses. If an eligible a decedent's total funeral and burial expenses

do not exceed $3,500, a county department pays the lesser of $1,500 or the amount

not paid by the decedent's estate and other persons. The Department of Health

Services reimburses county departments for payments that the county departments

make for funeral and burial expenses from a general purpose revenue appropriation.

This bill increases the maximum funeral and burial expenses that obligate a

county department to contribute toward the cost. Under the bill, a county

department is not required to contribute toward a decedent's funeral and burial

expenses if the total funeral and burial expenses exceed $4,500, rather than $3,500.

The amount that a county department must contribute, however, remains at the

lesser of $1,500 or the amount not paid by the decedent's estate and other persons.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Hansen (D) , Kedzie (R) , Lassa (D) , Lehman (D) , Miller (D) , Taylor (D) , Wirch (D)

11 cosponsors

A. Williams (D) , Barca (D) , Bies (R) , Hubler (D) , Kerkman (R) , Montgomery (R) , Nygren (R) , Soletski (D) , Turner (D) , Vos (R) , Young (D)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 10, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report introduction of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 by joint committee on Finance

Passed 16–0 Mar 17, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 22, Noes 11

Passed 22–11 Apr 13, 2010 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Oct 8, 2009 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Lehman, Wirch, Miller, Lassa, Taylor, Kedzie and Hansen;Cosponsored by Representatives Turner, Soletski, Kerkman, Montgomery, Nygren, Bies, Vos, Barca, A. Williams, Young and Hubler

  2. Oct 8, 2009 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations

  3. Jan 20, 2010 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Feb 10, 2010 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Feb 10, 2010 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by committee on Ethics Reform and Government Operations, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Feb 10, 2010 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Feb 18, 2010 · Senate

    Referred to joint committee on Finance by committee on Senate Organization pursuant to Senate Rule 41 (1)(e)

  8. Feb 18, 2010 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  9. Mar 16, 2010 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  10. Mar 17, 2010 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0

  11. Mar 17, 2010 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0

  12. Mar 17, 2010 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  13. Mar 17, 2010 · Senate

    Report introduction of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by joint committee on Finance, Ayes 16, Noes 0 by joint committee on Finance

  14. Apr 8, 2010 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 4-13-2010 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  15. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Read a second time

  16. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Senate amendment 1 adopted

  17. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  19. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 22, Noes 11

  20. Apr 13, 2010 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Apr 14, 2010 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  22. Apr 14, 2010 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  23. Apr 15, 2010 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 11:41 A.M. on 4-20-2010 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 23

  24. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  25. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  26. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  27. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  28. Apr 20, 2010 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  29. Apr 21, 2010 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  30. Apr 26, 2010 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled on 4-26-2010

  31. May 13, 2010 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 5-13-2010

  32. May 18, 2010 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 5-18-2010. 2009 Wisconsin Act 393

  33. May 20, 2010 · Senate

    Published 6-1-2010