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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 202

Died at session end Official bill text Atom feed

Relating to: penalty for hiding or burying a corpse illegally and providing a penalty.

Crime and criminals Crime and criminals — Felony

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person who hides or buries a corpse to conceal a crime or

to avoid apprehension, prosecution, or conviction for a crime or to collect certain

government benefits is guilty of a Class G felony. A person who is convicted is subject

to a fine of up to $25,000 or imprisonment for up to ten years, or both. This bill

reclassifies the crime as a Class F felony so that a person who is convicted is subject

to a fine of up to $25,000 or imprisonment for up to 12 years and six months, or both.

Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime,

the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a

report concerning the proposed penalty and the costs or savings that are likely to

result if the bill is enacted.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Berceau (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Knodl (R) , Murphy (R) , Murtha (R) , T. Larson (R)

2 cosponsors

Harsdorf (R) , Nass (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 11, Noes 1

Passed 11–1 Oct 13, 2015 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. May 5, 2015 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Murtha, Kleefisch, Berceau, E. Brooks, Knodl, T. Larson, Murphy and Kitchens; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf and Nass

  2. May 5, 2015 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety

  3. Jun 2, 2015 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 8, 2015 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  5. Oct 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 11, Noes 1

  6. Oct 13, 2015 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Apr 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1