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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 671

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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 Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, 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: C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Hansen (D) , Olsen (R)

36 cosponsors

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)

Full history

  1. Feb 1, 2016 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cowles, Olsen, Carpenter, Hansen and C. Larson; cosponsored 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

  2. Feb 1, 2016 · Senate

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

  3. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1