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Bills · 2019-2020 Regular Session

AB 576

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Relating to: requirements for funeral director apprenticeships and licenses, extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures, and providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures. (FE)

Administrative rules Apprenticeship Funeral and funeral director

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

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Currently, in order to be eligible for a funeral director license, an individual

must, in addition to satisfying other requirements, have 1) completed a funeral

director apprenticeship; 2) completed two academic years of instruction in a

recognized college or university; and 3) completed nine months or more instruction

in a prescribed course in mortuary science. Current law requires that the nine

months of mortuary science be completed after completing a 16-hour certification

class, which is a prerequisite to beginning the apprenticeship.

This bill 1) requires 24 semester credits of education, instead of two years, in

order to be granted a funeral director license; and 2) eliminates the requirement that

the nine months of instruction in mortuary science be completed after completing a

16-hour certification class. The bill further provides that if an individual completes

the nine months of instruction in mortuary science before beginning an

apprenticeship, the 16-hour certification class is not required to begin the

apprenticeship.

The bill also makes various nonsubstantive organizational changes to the laws

governing funeral directors.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Allen (R) , Ballweg (R) , Born (R) , Dittrich (R) , Felzkowski (R) , Fields (D) , Hebl (D) , Horlacher (R) , James (R) , Knodl (R) , Kulp (R) , Macco (R) , Novak (R) , Oldenburg (R) , Petryk (R) , Plumer (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Sortwell (R) , Stuck (D) , Tittl (R) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R) , Wittke (R)

7 cosponsors

Craig (R) , Hansen (D) , Johnson (D) , Kapenga (R) , Kooyenga (R) , Larson (D) , Olsen (R)

Votes

Assembly: Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Jan 31, 2020 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 Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0

Passed 9–0 Jan 31, 2020 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. Oct 25, 2019 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives VanderMeer, Allen, Ballweg, Born, Dittrich, Felzkowski, Fields, Hebl, Horlacher, James, Knodl, Kulp, Macco, Novak, Oldenburg, Petryk, Plumer, Rodriguez, Sortwell, Stuck, Tittl, Tusler and Wittke; cosponsored by Senators Kooyenga, Craig, Kapenga, Olsen, Johnson and Larson

  2. Oct 25, 2019 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform

  3. Oct 30, 2019 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Oct 31, 2019 · Assembly

    Public hearing held

  5. Dec 3, 2019 · Assembly

    Senator Hansen added as a cosponsor

  6. Jan 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative VanderMeer

  7. Jan 9, 2020 · Assembly

    Executive action taken

  8. Jan 31, 2020 · Assembly

    Report Assembly Amendment 1 adoption recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  9. Jan 31, 2020 · Assembly

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Regulatory Licensing Reform, Ayes 9, Noes 0

  10. Jan 31, 2020 · Assembly

    Referred to committee on Rules

  11. Feb 6, 2020 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-11-2020 by Committee on Rules

  12. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  13. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 adopted

  14. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  16. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Read a third time and passed

  17. Feb 11, 2020 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  18. Feb 12, 2020 · Senate

    Received from Assembly

  19. Feb 13, 2020 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization

  20. Feb 13, 2020 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  21. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

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

  22. Feb 14, 2020 · Senate

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

  23. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Read a second time

  24. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  25. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  26. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Read a third time and concurred in

  27. Feb 19, 2020 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  28. Feb 20, 2020 · Assembly

    Received from Senate concurred in

  29. Feb 25, 2020 · Assembly

    LRB correction

  30. Feb 25, 2020 · Assembly

    Report correctly enrolled on 2-25-2020

  31. Feb 28, 2020 · Assembly

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

  32. Mar 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-3-2020. 2019 Wisconsin Act 137

  33. Mar 4, 2020 · Assembly

    Published 3-4-2020