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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

SB 435

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Relating to: the rendering of first aid to animals by emergency medical technicians or first responders.

Animal Appeals court — Judge Medical service — Occupations

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, 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 allows an emergency medical technician or a first responder to render

first aid services to a sick or injured domestic animal that the emergency medical

technician or first responder encounters in the course of responding to a call for

services before the domestic animal is transferred to a veterinarian for further

treatment. Under the bill, a domestic animal is a dog, cat, or other house pet. The

service provided to the domestic animal must be in the scope of practice of the

emergency medical technician or first responder when applied to human beings.

The bill provides civil and criminal immunity for ambulance service providers,

emergency medical technicians, or first responders for any outcomes resulting from

the rendering of first aid to the domestic animal. The bill also provides civil and

criminal immunity for those persons for declining to render first aid to a domestic

animal.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Carpenter (D) , Cowles (R) , Erpenbach (D) , Marklein (R) , Nass (R) , Olsen (R) , Risser (D) , Vinehout (D) , Wanggaard (R)

28 cosponsors

Anderson (D) , Ballweg (R) , Berceau (D) , Born (R) , C. Taylor (D) , Considine (D) , Crowley (D) , Doyle (D) , E. Brooks (R) , Gannon (R) , Hansen (D) , Jacque (R) , Kitchens (R) , Kolste (D) , Kulp (R) , Milroy (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Pope (D) , Quinn (R) , Sargent (D) , Shankland (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Stuck (D) , Subeck (D) , Tauchen (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wachs (D)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Jan 12, 2018 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. Oct 9, 2017 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Cowles, Risser, Wanggaard, Olsen, Carpenter, Nass, Erpenbach, Marklein and Vinehout; cosponsored by Representatives Considine, Kitchens, VanderMeer, Milroy, Gannon, Sinicki, Kulp, Anderson, Pope, Tauchen, Stuck, Ohnstad, Crowley, Sargent, Berceau, Spreitzer, Subeck, Wachs, C. Taylor, E. Brooks, Quinn, Kolste, Jacque, Doyle, Ballweg and Born

  2. Oct 9, 2017 · Senate

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

  3. Jan 4, 2018 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Jan 11, 2018 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  5. Jan 12, 2018 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  6. Jan 12, 2018 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  7. Jan 19, 2018 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 offered by Senator Cowles

  8. Jan 19, 2018 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 1-23-2018 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Senate Substitute Amendment 1 adopted

  10. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  11. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  12. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  13. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Jan 23, 2018 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  15. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Senator Hansen added as a coauthor

  16. Jan 23, 2018 · Senate

    Read a second time

  17. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  18. Feb 20, 2018 · Assembly

    Made a special order of business at 1:44 PM on 2-22-2018 pursuant to Assembly Resolution 27

  19. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  20. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  21. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  22. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  23. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Representative Shankland added as a cosponsor

  24. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  25. Feb 23, 2018 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  26. Mar 2, 2018 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  27. Mar 26, 2018 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-26-2018

  28. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-28-2018. 2017 Wisconsin Act 166

  29. Mar 28, 2018 · Senate

    Published 3-29-2018