Senate Bill 887
Hiding, burying, or mutilating a corpse to conceal a crime 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
Jan 21, 2022
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Committee, stopped here
Stopped here. No public hearing was held.
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Senate vote, not reached
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Assembly vote, not reached
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Governor, not reached
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Law, not reached
Latest entry in the official record, Mar 15, 2022: “Failed to pass pursuant to ”
It never got a hearing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety. See every bill that never got a hearing this session.
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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
What it would have done
Summary by the , the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.
Under current law it is a Class F felony to mutilate, disfigure, dismember, hide, or bury a corpse if the act is done to conceal a crime or to avoid being apprehended, prosecuted, or convicted for a crime. This bill increases the penalty to a Class C felony.
A person who is convicted of a Class F felony is subject to a fine of not more than $25,000, imprisonment for not more than 12 years and 6 months, or both. A person who is convicted of a Class C felony is subject to a fine of not more than $100,000, imprisonment for not more than 40 years, or both.
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Because this bill creates a new crime or revises a penalty for an existing crime, the Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties may be requested to prepare a report.
Who's behind it
3 senators are its . 2 are Republicans and 1 is a Democrat.
11 more lawmakers .
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Authors (3)
- Janet Bewley · Democrat, Senate
- André Jacque · Republican, Senate
- Duey Stroebel · Republican, Senate
Signed on in support (11)
- Scott Allen · Republican, Assembly
- Deb Andraca · Democrat, Assembly
- Beth Meyers · Democrat, Assembly
- David Bowen · Democrat, Assembly
- Rob Brooks · Republican, Assembly
- Rachael Cabral-Guevara · Republican, Senate
- Nick Milroy · Democrat, Assembly
- Sondy Pope · Democrat, Assembly
- Donna Rozar · Republican, Assembly
- Christine Sinicki · Democrat, Assembly
- Shelia Stubbs · Democrat, Assembly
What happened
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Mar 15, 2022
The session ended, and the bill died with it.
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Jan 27, 2022
1 more representative signed on in support.
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Jan 21, 2022
Sent to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety.
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Jan 21, 2022
Introduced in the Senate.
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- Jan 21, 2022 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Bewley, Jacque and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Milroy, Allen, Andraca, Bowen, Cabral-Guevara, B. Meyers, Pope, Rozar, Sinicki and Stubbs
- Jan 21, 2022 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety
- Jan 27, 2022 · Senate
Representative Brooks added as a cosponsor
- Mar 15, 2022 · Senate
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