Subjects

Vital statistics

113 bills across 7 sessions, from the Legislature's subject index.

• AB 44 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. Died at session end 2025
• AB 50 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 90 Relating to: copies of and inspection or disclosure of information contained in certain vital records. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 99 Relating to: authorization for tribal governments to copy certified copies of vital records for administrative use. Became law 2025
• SB 43 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. Became law 2025
• SB 45 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2025 legislature. (FE) Became law 2025
• SB 52 Relating to: copies of and inspection or disclosure of information contained in certain vital records. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 86 Relating to: authorization for tribal governments to copy certified copies of vital records for administrative use. Died at session end 2025
• AB 103 Relating to: school board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns. Vetoed 2025
• AB 124 Relating to: prohibiting persons who have been convicted of a violent crime from changing their name and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2025
• AB 215 Relating to: eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual’s name with the individual’s gender identity. Died at session end 2025
• AB 311 Relating to: changing an individual’s sex on a birth certificate. Died at session end 2025
• AB 314 Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 390 Relating to: access to an original impounded birth record. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 595 Relating to: compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, voter registration data sharing agreements, removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list, and fees for obtaining the official voter registration list. (FE) Vetoed 2025
• AB 762 Relating to: creating a WisKids savings account program within the college savings program. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 898 Relating to: registration of births by surrogate mother. Died at session end 2025
• SB 120 Relating to: school board policies related to changing a pupil’s legal name and pronouns. Died at session end 2025
• SB 146 Relating to: prohibiting persons who have been convicted of a violent crime from changing their name and providing a penalty. Vetoed 2025
• SB 217 Relating to: eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual’s name with the individual’s gender identity. Died at session end 2025
• SB 312 Relating to: changing an individual’s sex on a birth certificate. Died at session end 2025
• SB 321 Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 388 Relating to: access to an original impounded birth record. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 595 Relating to: compliance with the federal Help America Vote Act, voter registration data sharing agreements, removing ineligible voters from the official voter registration list, and fees for obtaining the official voter registration list. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 752 Relating to: creating a WisKids savings account program within the college savings program. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 888 Relating to: registration of births by surrogate mother. Died at session end 2025
• AB 1022 Relating to: creating a baby bond program and baby bond fund, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• SB 1008 Relating to: creating a baby bond program and baby bond fund, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2025
• AB 13 Relating to: access to an original impounded birth record. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 15 Relating to: access to an original impounded birth record. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 184 Relating to: providing additional information fields regarding occupation on death records. Died at session end 2023
• AB 185 Relating to: requiring use of the electronic system of vital records for medical certifications of death. Died at session end 2023
• AB 186 Relating to: recommended training for persons who complete and sign medical certifications of death. Died at session end 2023
• AB 211 Relating to: authorization for tribal governments to copy certified copies of vital records for administrative use. Died at session end 2023
• SB 173 Relating to: providing additional information fields regarding occupation on death records. Became law 2023
• SB 174 Relating to: requiring use of the electronic system of vital records for medical certifications of death. Became law 2023
• SB 175 Relating to: recommended training for persons who complete and sign medical certifications of death. Became law 2023
• SB 200 Relating to: authorization for tribal governments to copy certified copies of vital records for administrative use. Died at session end 2023
• SB 907 Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 950 Relating to: creating a WisKids savings account program within the college savings program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1000 Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1012 Relating to: creating a WisKids savings account program within the college savings program and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1143 Relating to: creating a baby bond program and baby bond fund, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• AB 1212 Relating to: eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual's name with the individual's gender identity. Died at session end 2023
• SB 1036 Relating to: creating a baby bond program and baby bond fund, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2023
• SB 1105 Relating to: eliminating the publication requirement for a name change petition seeking to conform an individual's name with the individual's gender identity. Died at session end 2023
• AB 270 Relating to: marriage solemnization requirements and marriage document requirements, issuance, and validity. (FE) Became law 2021
• AB 484 Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 502 Relating to: access to an original impounded birth record. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 513 Relating to: creating a baby bond program and baby bond fund, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 577 Relating to: access to a deceased adoptee's original birth certificate and information about birth parents by an adult child of the adoptee. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 631 Relating to: various changes to the safe haven law. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 651 Relating to: allowing a parent to change a minor child's name when the other parent is convicted of certain homicide or sex offenses. Died at session end 2021
• AB 761 Relating to: removal of deceased individuals from the official voter registration list and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 974 Relating to: creating a 401Kids savings program and the 401Kids savings program trust fund; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 293 Relating to: marriage solemnization requirements and marriage document requirements, issuance, and validity. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 464 Relating to: adopting gender-neutral terminology and incorporating gender-neutral marriage and parentage rights. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 483 Relating to: access to an original impounded birth record. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 497 Relating to: creating a baby bond program and baby bond fund, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 524 Relating to: access to a deceased adoptee's original birth certificate and information about birth parents by an adult child of the adoptee. (FE) Became law 2021
• SB 594 Relating to: various changes to the safe haven law. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 627 Relating to: allowing a parent to change a minor child's name when the other parent is convicted of certain homicide or sex offenses. Became law 2021
• SB 730 Relating to: removal of deceased individuals from the official voter registration list and providing a penalty. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• SB 947 Relating to: creating a 401Kids savings program and the 401Kids savings program trust fund; granting rule-making authority; and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2021
• AB 327 Relating to: obtaining evidence of the termination of certain property interests of a decedent. Became law 2019
• AB 337 Relating to: marriage between persons of the same sex and extending parentage rights to married couples of the same sex. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 457 Relating to: marriage license application requirements, issuance, and validity. Died at session end 2019
• AB 579 Relating to: access by an adult adoptee to report of adoption. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 318 Relating to: obtaining evidence of the termination of certain property interests of a decedent. Died at session end 2019
• SB 439 Relating to: marriage license application requirements, issuance, and validity. Died at session end 2019
• SB 521 Relating to: access by an adult adoptee to report of adoption. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 566 Relating to: marriage between persons of the same sex and extending parentage rights to married couples of the same sex. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• SB 893 Relating to: ranked-choice voting for local nonpartisan elections, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE) Died at session end 2019
• AB 64 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2017 legislature. Became law 2017
• SB 79 Relating to: authorizing county clerks and clerks of court to copy certified birth certificates for certain purposes. Became law 2017
• AB 139 Relating to: authorizing county clerks and clerks of court to copy certified birth certificates for certain purposes. Died at session end 2017
• AB 371 Relating to: various changes to birth defect prevention and surveillance system. Died at session end 2017
• AB 417 Relating to: marriage between persons of the same sex and extending parentage rights to married couples of the same sex. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 550 Relating to: certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth, disposition of remains after miscarriage or stillbirth, anatomical gifts, and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2017
• AB 664 Relating to: obtaining evidence of the termination of certain property interests of a decedent. Died at session end 2017
• AB 817 Relating to: omission of cause and manner of death on copies of death certificates. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• AB 898 Relating to: changes to vital records references and procedures. Became law 2017
• SB 287 Relating to: various changes to birth defect prevention and surveillance system. Died at session end 2017
• SB 327 Relating to: marriage between persons of the same sex and extending parentage rights to married couples of the same sex. (FE) Died at session end 2017
• SB 424 Relating to: certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth, disposition of remains after miscarriage or stillbirth, anatomical gifts, and providing a penalty. Died at session end 2017
• SB 578 Relating to: obtaining evidence of the termination of certain property interests of a decedent. Died at session end 2017
• SB 760 Relating to: changes to vital records references and procedures. Died at session end 2017
• AB 41 Relating to: readoption of a child adopted by a resident of this state under an order of a court of a foreign jurisdiction. (FE) Became law 2015
• SB 21 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2015 legislature. Became law 2015
• SB 62 Relating to: copying, making available, and required notices on, certain vital records. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 297 Relating to: copying, making available, and required notices on, certain vital records. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 633 Relating to: copies of certain vital records. (FE) Became law 2015
• AB 650 Relating to: contact preference forms for birth parents whose parental rights have been terminated in this state; access by such a birth parent to identifying information about his or her child or an offspring of that child; access to medical and genetic information about such a birth parent; and access by an adult adoptee or an adult born to a surrogate mother to his or her original birth certificate. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 816 Relating to: marriage between persons of the same sex and extending parentage rights to married couples of the same sex. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 852 Relating to: expanding eligibility for the earned income tax credit; hospital best practices for postpartum patients and newborns; hospital staff privileges and written agreements required for nurse-midwives; coverage of nurse-midwives under the injured patients and families compensation fund; a report on information related to hospital neonatal intensive care units; an electronic application and information system to determine eligibility and register for public assistance programs; directing the Department of Health Services to request a Medical Assistance waiver; evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; a report on fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; requiring informed consent for performance on pregnant women of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; cultural competency training for certain students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• SB 507 Relating to: copies of certain vital records. (FE) Died at session end 2015
• AB 17 Relating to: the restoration of information from an original birth certificate after adoption. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 40 Relating to: state finances and appropriations, constituting the executive budget act of the 2013 legislature. (FE) Became law 2013
• AB 189 Relating to: incorporations of villages and cities involving more than one town. Died at session end 2013
• AB 433 Relating to: the authority and responsibilities of the Department of Safety and Professional Services and the various boards under that department, the membership of the Cosmetology Examining Board, professional licensure of pharmacists, the Pharmacy Examining Board's operation of the prescription drug monitoring program, authorizing the construction, installation, alteration, operation, and inspection of elevators and other similar conveyances, and licensing requirements for elevator mechanics, inspectors, and contractors. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 754 Relating to: expanding eligibility for the earned income tax credit; hospital best practices for postpartum patients and newborns; hospital staff privileges and written agreements required for nurse-midwives; coverage of nurse-midwives under the injured patients and families compensation fund; a report on information related to hospital neonatal intensive care units; an electronic application and information system to determine eligibility and register for public assistance programs; directing the Department of Health Services to request a Medical Assistance waiver; evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; a report on fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; requiring informed consent for performance on pregnant women of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; cultural competency training for certain students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• AB 879 Relating to: incorporation of the town of Ledgeview in Brown County. Died at session end 2013
• SB 112 Relating to: changing the elements that must be included in a county development plan. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 183 Relating to: the applicability of a county shoreland zoning ordinance in a shoreland area annexed by, or incorporated as, a city or village. Became law 2013
• SB 272 Relating to: the restoration of information from an original birth certificate after adoption. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 338 Relating to: expanding the authority of towns to create tax incremental financing districts. (FE) Became law 2013
• SB 345 Relating to: the authority and responsibilities of the Department of Safety and Professional Services and the various boards under that department, the membership of the Cosmetology Examining Board, professional licensure of pharmacists, the Pharmacy Examining Board's operation of the prescription drug monitoring program, authorizing the construction, installation, alteration, operation, and inspection of elevators and other similar conveyances, and licensing requirements for elevator mechanics, inspectors, and contractors. (FE) Became law 2013
• SB 400 Relating to: obtaining a certified copy of a birth certificate. Died at session end 2013
• SB 546 Relating to: expanding eligibility for the earned income tax credit; hospital best practices for postpartum patients and newborns; hospital staff privileges and written agreements required for nurse-midwives; coverage of nurse-midwives under the injured patients and families compensation fund; a report on information related to hospital neonatal intensive care units; an electronic application and information system to determine eligibility and register for public assistance programs; directing the Department of Health Services to request a Medical Assistance waiver; evidence-based home visitation program services for persons who are at risk of poor birth outcomes or of abusing or neglecting their children; designating race and ethnicity on birth certificates; a report on fetal and infant mortality and birth outcomes; requiring informed consent for performance on pregnant women of certain elective procedures prior to the full gestational term of a fetus; cultural competency training for certain students enrolled in the University of Wisconsin System and the technical college system; granting rule-making authority; and requiring the exercise of rule-making authority. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 674 Relating to: copying, making available, and required notices on, certain vital records. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 681 Relating to: incorporation of the town of Ledgeview in Brown County. Died at session end 2013
• SB 687 Relating to: the performance of highway improvement projects by a county and private construction projects by a political subdivision. (FE) Died at session end 2013
• SB 688 Relating to: limiting city and village authority to annex town territory. (FE) Died at session end 2013