Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

AB 422

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Relating to: the time limitation on prosecution for hiding a corpse.

Introduced, stopped here
Passes Assembly, not reached
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Governor signs, not reached
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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, with certain exceptions, a prosecution for a felony generally must be commenced within six years of the date the crime was committed. This includes the crime of hiding or burying a corpse with intent to conceal a crime or avoid apprehension, prosecution, or conviction for a crime.

This bill provides that, for the crime of hiding or burying a corpse with intent to conceal a crime or avoid apprehension, prosecution, or conviction for a crime, the prosecution may be commenced within six years of the commission of the crime or within six years of the discovery or identification of the corpse, whichever is later.

Registered lobbying interests · 1

Organizations that registered lobbying activity on this bill with the Wisconsin Ethics Commission. Registration means interest, not a position for or against. Official record

Wisconsin District Attorneys' Association, Inc.

Votes

Assembly: Report passage recommended by Committee on Criminal Justice and Public Safety, Ayes 15, Noes 0

Passed 15–0 Oct 16, 2025 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

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