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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 693

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Relating to: disposition of the unclaimed cremated remains of veterans and their dependents. (FE)

Cemetery Funeral and funeral director Garage Public officers Veteran Veteran — Organization Veterans affairs, department of Veterinary medicine

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires a funeral director, cemetery authority, or public officer having

custody of unclaimed cremated remains to contact the Department of Veterans

Affairs (DVA) or a county veterans service officer (CVSO) within 90 days after

cremation to determine whether the cremated remains are of a veteran or other

person eligible for burial at a veterans cemetery. If DVA or the CVSO determines that

the cremated remains are of a veteran or other such person, the bill authorizes the

funeral director, cemetery authority, or public officer to transfer the cremated

remains to DVA for burial in a veterans cemetery. The bill also provides an

exemption from civil liability for a person who transfers cremated remains to DVA

under the bill, unless the transfer involves negligence or reckless, wanton, or

intentional misconduct.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Brandtjen (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Edming (R) , Gannon (R) , Horlacher (R) , Jarchow (R) , Knodl (R) , Kremer (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , Murtha (R) , Novak (R) , Petryk (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Skowronski (R) , T. Larson (R)

7 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Goyke (D) , Harsdorf (R) , Marklein (R) , Olsen (R) , Ringhand (D) , Vinehout (D)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 11, 2016 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 11, 2016 official source full page

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

Assembly: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Feb 11, 2016 official source full page

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

Senate: Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Mar 14, 2016 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. Jan 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Skowronski, Jarchow, Murtha, Petryk, Gannon, Macco, Horlacher, Novak, Ballweg, Kremer, Edming, R. Brooks, Murphy, T. Larson, E. Brooks, Brandtjen and Knodl; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Marklein, Vinehout, Olsen and Ringhand

  2. Jan 13, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs

  3. Jan 19, 2016 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 21, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 22, 2016 · Assembly

    Representative Goyke added as a coauthor

  6. Jan 28, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Skowronski

  7. Feb 1, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Skowronski

  8. Feb 4, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  9. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  10. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 by Committee on Rules

  12. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  13. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 2 adoption recommended by Committee on Veterans and Military Affairs, Ayes 15, Noes 0

  14. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  15. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  17. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 2 adopted

  18. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  19. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  20. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  21. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  22. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  23. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  24. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  25. Mar 14, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2

  26. Mar 14, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 3-15-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  27. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Senator Carpenter added as a cosponsor

  28. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  29. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  30. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  31. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  32. Mar 15, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  33. Mar 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  34. Mar 23, 2016 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 3-23-2016

  35. Apr 21, 2016 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 4-21-2016

  36. Apr 25, 2016 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 4-25-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 382

  37. Apr 25, 2016 · Assembly

    Published 4-26-2016