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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

AB 789

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Relating to: continuing legal and judicial education on elder law-related issues. (FE)

Attorney Estate of deceased person Judge Senior citizen Sentences and penalties Supreme court — Rule_making orders issued by Trust fund

  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

The bill requests the Wisconsin Supreme Court to promulgate rules requiring

an attorney whose practice involves elder law or trusts and estates law to complete

certain continuing legal education requirements each reporting period. The bill also

requests the court to promulgate rules requiring justices and judges to complete,

during each reporting period, certain judicial education requirements relating to

elder law and trusts and estates law.

Sponsors

Introduced by: A. Ott (R) , Ballweg (R) , Bernier (R) , Born (R) , Brostoff (D) , Czaja (R) , E. Brooks (R) , Hesselbein (D) , Jagler (R) , Jarchow (R) , Johnson (D) , Kahl (D) , Katsma (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kleefisch (R) , Kolste (D) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Meyers (D) , Murphy (R) , Novak (R) , Nygren (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Petryk (R) , Quinn (R) , Ripp (R) , Rohrkaste (R) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Skowronski (R) , Spiros (R) , Steineke (R) , Subeck (D) , Swearingen (R) , Tittl (R) , Zepnick (D)

6 cosponsors

C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Hansen (D) , Olsen (R) , Shankland and Barca

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Mental Health Reform, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Feb 5, 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 Mental Health Reform, Ayes 10, Noes 0

Passed 10–0 Feb 5, 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 22, 2016 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Macco, Rohrkaste, Hesselbein, Bernier, Novak, Katsma, Tittl, Czaja, Skowronski, Brostoff, Meyers, Kolste, Jagler, Petryk, Swearingen, Kleefisch, Steineke, Quinn, Kitchens, Kahl, A. Ott, Ripp, Zepnick, Spiros, Subeck, E. Brooks, Murphy, Sargent, Kulp, Ballweg, Nygren, Ohnstad, Johnson, Jarchow, Sinicki and Born; cosponsored by Senators Cowles, Olsen, Carpenter, Hansen and C. Larson

  2. Jan 22, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Mental Health Reform

  3. Jan 25, 2016 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 29, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Riemer

  5. Feb 1, 2016 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Feb 5, 2016 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Mental Health Reform, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  7. Feb 5, 2016 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Mental Health Reform, Ayes 10, Noes 0

  8. Feb 5, 2016 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  9. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:51 PM on 2-18-2016 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 29

  10. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  11. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  14. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Representatives Shankland and Barca added as coauthors

  15. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  16. Feb 18, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  17. Feb 18, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  18. Feb 23, 2016 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Judiciary and Public Safety

  19. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1