Senate Bill 674
Copying, making available, and required notices on, certain vital records. (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
Mar 13, 2014
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Apr 16, 2014: “Fiscal estimate received”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
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Author
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Signed on in support
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Cost estimate
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Official term: Fiscal estimate. More in the glossary
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Current law contains certain provisions addressing the preparation and issuance of vital records and the authorized copying of vital records. Vital records include certificates of birth, death, divorce, or annulment, and termination of domestic partnership, marriage documents, and declarations of domestic partnership. Some of these provisions make a distinction based upon whether the event that is the subject of a record occurred before October 1, 1907. Current law provides for the issuance of certified and uncertified copies of vital records by the State Registrar appointed by the Department of Health Services (state registrar) or a local registrar, subject to various restrictions, and for the issuance of uncertified copies of vital records for events occurring before October 1, 1907, by other persons, such as the State Historical Society. Certified copies of vital records include a certification including the seal of the issuing officer, are deemed the same as the original vital record, and are regarded as being presumptive evidence of any fact stated in the vital record. Uncertified copies do not have the same status or certification as certified records and have a notice on their face that they are uncertified.
Current law provides that any person who makes available to the public in electronic format an uncertified photocopy of a vital record for an event occurring before October 1, 1907, other than a vital record issued by the state registrar or a local registrar, is guilty of a Class I felony. Current law does not specifically prohibit making any other vital records available to the public in electronic format. Current law also provides that, subject to certain exceptions, any person who prepares or issues any paper or film which purports to be, or carries the appearance of, an original or a copy of a vital record, whether certified or uncertified, is guilty of a Class I felony.
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This bill repeals the prohibition against making certain records for events occurring before October 1, 1907, available in electronic format and specifically provides that any person may copy or make available electronically an uncertified copy of a vital record for an event occurring prior to October 1, 1907. In addition, the bill repeals the requirements, for uncertified copies of vital records for events occurring before October 1, 1907, that they contain a notice that they are uncertified.
Who's behind it
4 senators are its . 3 are Democrats and 1 is a Republican.
7 more lawmakers .
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Authors (4)
- Dave Hansen · Democrat, Senate
- Nikiya Harris Dodd · Democrat, Senate
- John Lehman · Democrat, Senate
- Dale Schultz · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (7)
- Terese Berceau · Democrat, Assembly
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- Eric Genrich · Democrat, Assembly
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Tod Ohnstad · Democrat, Assembly
- Chad Weininger · Republican, Assembly
- Mandy Wright · Democrat, Assembly
What it would cost
State agencies filed a . Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.
What happened
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Apr 16, 2014
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Apr 8, 2014
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Mar 24, 2014
A state agency sent in its estimate of the cost.
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Mar 13, 2014
Sent to the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services.
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Mar 13, 2014
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Mar 13, 2014 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Hansen, Schultz, Lehman and Harris; cosponsored by Representatives Genrich, Wright, Berceau, Ohnstad, Bewley, Jacque and Weininger
- Mar 13, 2014 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- Mar 24, 2014 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
- Apr 8, 2014 · Senate
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
- Apr 16, 2014 · Senate
Fiscal estimate received
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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor. 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
Signed on in support
Lawmakers who back a bill without being one of its authors, often from the other chamber.
Official term: Cosponsor
Cost estimate
A state agency's estimate of what a bill would cost or save.
Official term: Fiscal estimate