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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 327

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Relating to: obtaining evidence of the termination of certain property interests of a decedent.

Estate — Joint tenancy Estate of deceased person Land Mortgage Real property Register of deeds Vital statistics

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

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, a person may obtain evidence that certain property

interests of a decedent have been terminated by providing information to the register

of deeds of the county in which the property is located. To obtain such evidence under

current law, a person must submit to the register of deeds a certified copy of the

decedent's death record. This bill eliminates the requirement to submit a certified

copy of the decedent's death record to the register of deeds. Instead, this bill requires

the person seeking to obtain the evidence of the termination of the decedent's

property interest to verify, under oath, the correctness of the information provided

to the register of deeds, which includes the date of the decedent's death.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Billings (D) , Born (R) , Dittrich (R) , Doyle (D) , Felzkowski (R) , Gundrum (R) , Horlacher (R) , Knodl (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Magnafici (R) , McGuire (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Quinn (R) , Thiesfeldt (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R)

7 cosponsors

Bernier (R) , Feyen (R) , Olsen (R) , Pronschinske (R) , Ringhand (D) , Schachtner (D) , Stroebel (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Dec 26, 2019 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 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Feb 14, 2020 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. Jul 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Ballweg, Billings, Born, Dittrich, Doyle, Felzkowski, Gundrum, Horlacher, Knodl, Kulp, Macco, Magnafici, McGuire, Ohnstad, Quinn, Thiesfeldt, Tusler and VanderMeer; cosponsored by Senators Olsen, Bernier, Feyen, Ringhand, Schachtner and Stroebel

  2. Jul 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government

  3. Jul 15, 2019 · Assembly

    Representative Pronschinske added as a coauthor

  4. Oct 16, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Oct 29, 2019 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  6. Dec 26, 2019 · Assembly

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Local Government, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  7. Dec 26, 2019 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  8. Jan 15, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Ballweg

  9. Jan 16, 2020 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 1-21-2020 by Committee on Rules

  10. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  11. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  12. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  13. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  14. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  15. Jan 21, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  16. Jan 22, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  17. Feb 13, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  18. Feb 13, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  19. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

    Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 5, Noes 0

  20. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-19-2020 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  21. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Read a second time

  22. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  23. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  24. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  25. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  27. Feb 25, 2020 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020

  28. Feb 28, 2020 · Assembly

    Presented to the Governor on 2-28-2020 by directive of the Speaker

  29. Mar 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 127

  30. Mar 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Published 3-4-2020