Assembly Bill 549
Use and final disposition of fetal body parts and providing a penalty
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
Oct 19, 2017
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Senate vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 28, 2018: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c). See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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Committee
A small group of lawmakers that looks at a bill first. Most bills never leave committee.
Public hearing
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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
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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
This bill prohibits any person from knowingly acquiring, providing, receiving, or using a fetal body part, regardless of whether the acquisition, provision, receipt, or use is for valuable consideration. A fetal body part, as defined in the bill, is tissue, an organ, or another part of an unborn child that is obtained after and as a result of an induced abortion after January 1, 2017. Pathological study of a fetal body part to confirm a prenatal diagnosis of the unborn child or for autopsy is exempt from this prohibition.
The bill also requires a facility that provides an induced abortion to arrange for the entombment, inurnment, or interment of fetal body parts resulting from an induced abortion. Anyone that acts exclusively in furtherance of final disposition of a fetal body part is not guilty of violating the prohibition against acquiring, providing, receiving, or using a fetal body part.
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The bill imposes a forfeiture on entities that are not individuals that violate the requirements of the bill. The bill specifies that a mother or father of an unborn child may not be penalized for violating requirements of the bill.
Who's behind it
29 lawmakers are its . All 29 are Republicans.
9 more lawmakers .
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Authors (29)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Kathleen Bernier · Republican, Senate
- Mark Born · Republican, Assembly
- Janel Brandtjen · Republican, Assembly
- James Edming · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Gannon · Republican, Assembly
- Cody Horlacher · Republican, Assembly
- Rob Hutton · Republican, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Terry Katsma · Republican, Assembly
- Joel Kleefisch · Republican, Assembly
- Dan Knodl · Republican, Assembly
- Jesse Kremer · Republican, Assembly
- Scott Krug · Republican, Assembly
- Bob Kulp · Republican, Assembly
- John Macco · Republican, Assembly
- Dave Murphy · Republican, Assembly
- Adam Neylon · Republican, Assembly
- Jim Ott · Republican, Assembly
- Romaine Quinn · Republican, Senate
- Keith Ripp · Republican, Assembly
- Mike Rohrkaste · Republican, Assembly
- Joe Sanfelippo · Republican, Assembly
- Michael Schraa · Republican, Assembly
- Ken Skowronski · Republican, Assembly
- Jeremy Thiesfeldt · Republican, Assembly
- Paul Tittl · Republican, Assembly
- Ron Tusler · Republican, Assembly
- Chuck Wichgers · Republican, Assembly
Signed on in support (9)
- David Craig · Republican, Senate
- Chris Kapenga · Republican, Senate
- Devin LeMahieu · Republican, Senate
- Howard Marklein · Republican, Senate
- Terry Moulton · Republican, Senate
- Steve Nass · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
- Patrick Testin · Republican, Senate
- Leah Vukmir · Republican, Senate
What happened
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Mar 28, 2018
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 31, 2018
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Assembly Organization.
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Oct 19, 2017
Sent to the Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety.
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Oct 19, 2017
Introduced in the Assembly.
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- Oct 19, 2017 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Kleefisch, Bernier, Jacque, Allen, Born, Brandtjen, Edming, Gannon, Horlacher, Hutton, Katsma, Knodl, Kremer, Krug, Kulp, Macco, Murphy, Neylon, Ott, Quinn, Ripp, Rohrkaste, Sanfelippo, Schraa, Skowronski, Thiesfeldt, Tittl, Tusler and Wichgers; cosponsored by Senators Moulton, Vukmir, Testin, Stroebel, Craig, Nass, LeMahieu, Kapenga and Marklein
- Oct 19, 2017 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety
- Jan 31, 2018 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety and referred to committee on Assembly Organization pursuant to Assembly Rule 42 (3)(c)
- Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
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
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