Assembly Bill 508
Permitting a funeral establishment to be located in a cemetery, prohibiting discrimination against a funeral establishment that has no relationship with a cemetery, prohibiting discrimination against a cemetery that has no relationship with a funeral establishment, and eliminating a property tax exemption for cemetery authority property. (FE)
Stopped in committee
It never got a , so it never came up for a vote. To try again, a lawmaker would have to start a new bill.
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Introduced, passed
Nov 14, 2013
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 8, 2014: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Senate Joint Resolution 1
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Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
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What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law prohibits a licensed funeral director from operating a funeral establishment or mausoleum in a cemetery. Current law also prohibits a cemetery authority from permitting a funeral establishment to be located on cemetery property. With certain exceptions, current law prohibits a cemetery authority from receiving or accepting any commission, fee, remuneration, or benefit of any kind from a funeral establishment or from an owner, employee, or agent of a funeral establishment. This bill eliminates each of those prohibitions.
Under the bill, if a cemetery authority erects, maintains, owns, operates, or is financially connected to a funeral establishment, that cemetery authority may not prohibit the burial at the cemetery authority's cemetery of a deceased individual whose human remains were prepared for burial or transportation or whose funeral services were conducted at a funeral establishment other than a funeral establishment that the cemetery authority erects, maintains, owns, or operates, or to which the cemetery authority is financially connected. Also, a funeral establishment that has an ownership or other financial relationship with a cemetery authority may not require the human remains of a decedent to be buried in the cemetery authority's cemetery as a condition of those human remains being cared for or prepared for burial or transportation at that funeral establishment.
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Current law authorizes the cemetery authority of a cemetery that is affiliated with a religious society to adopt regulations that prohibit the burial in the cemetery of the human remains of an individual who is not in the class of individuals identified by the religious society for burial in the cemetery. This bill retains that authorization. However, under the bill, a religiously affiliated cemetery authority may not adopt regulations that prohibit the human remains of an individual from being buried at the cemetery authority's cemetery because the human remains were prepared for burial or transportation or the funeral services were conducted at a funeral establishment other than a funeral establishment that the cemetery authority erects, maintains, owns, or operates, or to which the cemetery authority is financially connected.
Under current law, land owned by a cemetery authority that is used exclusively as public burial grounds, tombs, and monuments is exempt from the property tax.
In addition, personal property owned by the cemetery authority that is necessary for the care and management of burial grounds and sites is exempt from the property tax. Under the bill, land physically occupied by a funeral establishment, if the land is located in a cemetery, is subject to the property tax.
Because this bill relates to an exemption from state or local taxes, it may be referred to the Joint Survey Committee on Tax Exemptions for a report to be printed as an appendix to the bill.
Who's behind it
2 lawmakers are its . All 2 are Republicans.
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Authors (2)
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Dec 9, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Dec 4, 2013
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Nov 14, 2013
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Consumer Protection.
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Nov 14, 2013
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly
- Nov 14, 2013 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Consumer Protection
- Dec 4, 2013 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Dec 9, 2013 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2014 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Terms on this page
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1. More in the glossary
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis. More in the glossary
Author
A lawmaker who formally puts a bill forward. The text itself is drafted by the Legislative Reference Bureau.
Official term: Author, coauthor. More in the glossary
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
From the Wisconsin Legislature's official record, checked Sep 15, 2026. See the source
Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
A meeting where anyone can speak to a committee about a bill, or send written comments.
Senate Joint Resolution 1
The session's calendar. Any bill not passed by its last voting day dies.
Official term: Failed to pass pursuant to SJR 1
Legislative Reference Bureau
The Legislature's nonpartisan office that drafts bills and writes the summary at the top of each one.
Official term: LRB analysis
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate