Bills by subject

Death

44 bills and resolutions. 12 became law, 1 was vetoed, and 10 never got a public hearing. They span 3 sessions, from the 2009–10 session to the 2025–26 session.

This is the Legislature's own subject heading, not our category, so a bill is here only if the Legislature filed it under this term. Each count comes from the bill's official history.

Latest activity

The 5 bills on this subject with the newest recorded action.

SB 25 Court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths.
Vetoed by the governor. Last action May 13, 2026
SB 45 State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law. Last action May 13, 2026
AB 192 Fatality review teams and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Became law. Last action Apr 2, 2026
SB 1114 Permitting certain qualified individuals to make a request for medication for the purpose of ending their lives and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee. Last action Mar 30, 2026
AB 34 Court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted. Last action Mar 23, 2026

Every bill on this subject

2025–26 session: 17

Mar 23, 2026
AB 34: Court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 50: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 2, 2026
AB 192: Fatality review teams and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 303: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline grants. (FE)
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 309: Immunity for 911 call centers and dispatchers that transfer callers to the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 490: Implementing a suicide prevention program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 634: Release of audio and video footage following officer-involved deaths or other critical incidents involving a law enforcement officer. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AB 1164: Permitting certain qualified individuals to make a request for medication for the purpose of ending their lives and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
AJR 107: Declaring November as Veteran Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
Stopped in committee.
May 13, 2026
SB 25: Court-issued criminal complaints in officer-involved deaths.
Vetoed by the governor.

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May 13, 2026
SB 45: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE)
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 192: Fatality review teams and granting rule-making authority. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 307: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline grants. (FE)
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 19, 2026
SB 309: Immunity for 911 call centers and dispatchers that transfer callers to the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2026
SB 477: Implementing a suicide prevention program and making an appropriation. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 30, 2026
SB 1114: Permitting certain qualified individuals to make a request for medication for the purpose of ending their lives and providing a penalty. (FE)
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2026
SJR 101: Declaring November as Veteran Mental Health and Suicide Awareness Month in Wisconsin.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.

2011–12 session: 11

Apr 5, 2012
AB 55: Vehicle failure-to-yield violations.
Became law.
Dec 12, 2011
AB 69: The privilege of self-defense.
Became law.
Dec 20, 2011
AB 80: Operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license or after suspension or revocation of an operating privilege and providing penalties.
Became law.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 134: Termination of maintenance upon the payee's or payer's death and notices relating to maintenance.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Mar 23, 2012
AB 147: Inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 12, 2012
AB 397: Failing to report the death of a child or to report a missing child, moving the corpse of a child, hiding a corpse to collect public benefits, and providing penalties.
Became law.
Apr 12, 2012
AB 720: Reporting deaths, death investigations and other duties of coroners and medical examiners, disposition of bodies, and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 79: The privilege of self-defense.
Stopped in committee.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 103: Inadmissibility of a statement of apology or condolence by a health care provider.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.
Mar 23, 2012
SB 299: Failing to report the death of a child or to report a missing child, moving the corpse of a child, hiding a corpse to collect public benefits, and providing penalties.
Stopped before the full Senate voted.

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Mar 23, 2012
SB 431: Traffic violations resulting in harm to vulnerable highway users and providing a penalty.
Stopped in committee.

2009–10 session: 16

May 26, 2010
AB 75: State finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2009 legislature.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 76: Requiring the Department of Transportation to establish rules allowing living will and health care power of attorney information to be included on driver's licenses, providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures, and granting rule-making authority.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 181: Operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license or after suspension or revocation of an operating privilege and providing penalties.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 193: The privilege of self-defense.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 428: Public disclosure of certain information when child abuse or neglect results in death or serious injury or involves aggravated circumstances or when a child in an out-of-home placement commits suicide or is sexually abused by a caregiver.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 463: Requesting a person who operates a vehicle that is involved in an accident that causes death or injury to submit to a test for intoxication.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 595: Hunting permits issued to persons who are terminally ill.
Passed the Assembly, then stopped.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 700: Authorization for final disposition of a decedent's remains.
Stopped before the full Assembly voted.
Apr 28, 2010
AB 710: Inadmissibility of a statement, a gesture, or conduct expressing apology or condolence by a health care provider.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 103: Restrictions on the operation of motor vehicles by persons using electronic text messaging devices and providing a penalty.
Passed the Senate, then stopped.

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Apr 28, 2010
SB 129: The privilege of self-defense.
Stopped in committee.
Nov 17, 2009
SB 299: Public disclosure of certain information when child abuse or neglect results in death or serious injury or involves aggravated circumstances or when a child in an out-of-home placement commits suicide or is sexually abused by a caregiver.
Became law.
Mar 19, 2010
SB 303: Requesting a person who operates a vehicle that is involved in an accident that causes death or injury to submit to a test for intoxication.
Became law.
Apr 28, 2010
SB 495: Operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver's license or after suspension or revocation of an operating privilege and providing penalties.
Stopped in committee.
Apr 26, 2010
SB 515: Authorization for final disposition of a decedent's remains.
Became law.
May 14, 2010
SB 591: Termination of tenancy at death.
Became law.

Dates are each bill's latest recorded action. Every subject