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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 440

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Relating to: creation of a cremation permit application form. (FE)

Coroner Funeral and funeral director Health services department of — Administration

  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

Current law prohibits cremation of a human corpse without a cremation permit

issued by a coroner or medical examiner (CME). Current law does not require the

use of any specific form for applying for a cremation permit or for the cremation

permit itself. This bill requires the Department of Health Services to design a

cremation permit application form. If the CME of a county requires applicants for

a cremation permit to apply using an application form, a person applying for a

cremation permit in that county must use the cremation permit application form

designed by DHS under this bill. The bill provides that the cremation permit

application form may be used also as a cremation permit if authorized by the CME

of the county in which the cremation permit is issued.

In addition, the bill requires a CME to issue a cremation permit within 24 hours

of viewing a corpse or the submission of a medical certification, whichever is later.

However, this 24-hour deadline does not apply if a CME has determined that further

examination or judicial inquiry into the death is necessary.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Ballweg (R) , Cabral-Guevara (R) , Felzkowski (R) , L. Johnson (D) , Testin (R)

14 cosponsors

Born (R) , Cabrera (D) , Gundrum (R) , Gustafson (R) , Kurtz (R) , Mursau (R) , Myers (D) , Novak (R) , Ohnstad (D) , Penterman (R) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Tusler (R) , VanderMeer (R)

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0

Passed 6–0 Oct 13, 2023 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. Sep 20, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Ballweg, Cabral-Guevara, Felzkowski, L. Johnson and Testin; cosponsored by Representatives Penterman, Gustafson, Born, Gundrum, Mursau, Novak, Ohnstad, Snodgrass, Stubbs, Tusler, VanderMeer and Myers

  2. Sep 20, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Oct 4, 2023 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Oct 11, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  5. Oct 12, 2023 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  6. Oct 13, 2023 · Senate

    Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 6, Noes 0

  7. Oct 13, 2023 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  8. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 10-17-2023 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  9. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  10. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed

  11. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  12. Oct 17, 2023 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  13. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Read a second time

  14. Oct 17, 2023 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  15. Oct 18, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Kurtz added as a cosponsor

  16. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  17. Oct 19, 2023 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  18. Nov 9, 2023 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 11-14-2023 by Committee on Rules

  19. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  20. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  21. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  22. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  23. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in

  24. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Representative Cabrera added as a cosponsor

  25. Nov 14, 2023 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  26. Nov 15, 2023 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  27. Nov 16, 2023 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  28. Nov 30, 2023 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 11-30-2023

  29. Dec 7, 2023 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 12-6-2023. 2023 Wisconsin Act 84

  30. Dec 7, 2023 · Senate

    Published 12-7-2023