Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

SB 43

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Relating to: allowing advanced practice nurse prescribers to pronounce the date, time, and place of a patient’s death for purposes of the preparation of death records.

Nurses Vital statistics

Introduced, completed
Passes Senate, completed
Passes Assembly, completed
Governor signs, completed
Law, completed

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What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, any person who moves a corpse for the purpose of final disposition must file a death record for the corpse in a manner prescribed by the state registrar when the death occurred in this state, the corpse was found in this state, or certain other circumstances apply. For purposes of preparing the death record, certain health care providers may pronounce the date, time, and place of the death in certain circumstances, including naturopathic doctors and physician assistants. This bill allows advanced practice nurse prescribers who are directly involved with the care of a patient who dies to pronounce the date, time, and place of the patient’s death for purposes of preparation of the death record.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Cabral-Guevara (R) , Nass (R)

14 cosponsors

Dittrich (R) , Gundrum (R) , Knodl (R) , Kreibich (R) , Miresse (D) , Murphy (R) , O'Connor (R) , Penterman (R) , Steffen (R) , Stubbs and Fitzgerald , Subeck (D) , Summerfield (R) , Tusler (R) , Vining (D)

Registered lobbying interests · 9

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

Votes

Senate: Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

Passed 5–0 Mar 14, 2025 official source full page

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

Full history

Feb 12, 2025 · Senate
Introduced by Senators Cabral-Guevara and Nass; cosponsored by Representatives Summerfield, Dittrich, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman and Steffen
Feb 12, 2025 · Senate
Read first time and referred to Committee on Health
Feb 19, 2025 · Senate
Representative Tusler added as a cosponsor
Mar 12, 2025 · Senate
Public hearing held
Mar 13, 2025 · Senate
Representative Miresse added as a cosponsor
Mar 14, 2025 · Senate
Executive action taken
Mar 14, 2025 · Senate
Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0
Mar 14, 2025 · Senate
Available for scheduling
Mar 14, 2025 · Senate
Placed on calendar 3-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
Mar 18, 2025 · Senate
Ordered to a third reading
Mar 18, 2025 · Senate
Rules suspended to give bill its third reading
Mar 18, 2025 · Senate
Read a third time and passed
Mar 18, 2025 · Senate
Ordered immediately messaged
Mar 18, 2025 · Senate
Read a second time
Mar 19, 2025 · Assembly
Received from Senate
Mar 26, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor
May 7, 2025 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to committee on Rules
May 7, 2025 · Assembly
Representatives Stubbs and Fitzgerald added as cosponsors
May 8, 2025 · Assembly
Representative Vining added as a cosponsor
May 9, 2025 · Assembly
Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 5-13-2025
May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up
May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Read a second time
May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Ordered to a third reading
May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Rules suspended
May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Read a third time and concurred in
May 13, 2025 · Assembly
Ordered immediately messaged
May 13, 2025 · Senate
Received from Assembly concurred in
May 14, 2025 · Senate
Report correctly enrolled
Aug 7, 2025 · Senate
Presented to the Governor on 8-7-2025
Aug 11, 2025 · Senate
Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 19
Aug 11, 2025 · Senate
Published 8-9-2025