Wisconsin Senate Bill 297 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 25-4)
Status: Failed on March 28 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-28 - Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

An Act to repeal 69.18 (4) (bm) and 979.10 (3); to renumber 69.18 (4) (a) 1g. to 6.; to renumber and amend 69.18 (4) (a) (intro.), 157.02 (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5), 979.01 (1m), 979.01 (4) and 979.10 (1) (a) 1., 2. and 3.; to amend 20.165 (1) (g), 69.01 (12), 69.18 (2) (d) 1., 69.18 (2) (d) 2., 69.18 (2) (d) 3., 69.18 (3) (a), 69.18 (3) (b), 69.18 (3) (d), 69.20 (2) (a) 2., 157.03 (1), 157.03 (2), 157.055 (2) (intro.), 157.112 (3) (intro.), 157.70 (3) (a), 346.71 (1), 346.71 (2), 440.03 (9) (a) (intro.), 440.05 (intro.), 440.78 (1) (b), 979.01 (1r), 979.025 (2), 979.025 (3), 979.09, 979.10 (1) (a) (intro.), 979.10 (1) (b), 979.10 (2), 979.10 (4) and 979.22; to repeal and recreate 440.05 (intro.); and to create 15.405 (18), 20.165 (1) (hr), 51.30 (4) (b) 29., 69.18 (4) (am) (intro.), 69.18 (4) (b), 69.18 (4) (d), 69.18 (4) (e), 69.18 (4) (f), 157.02 (1m) (title), 157.02 (2m), 440.03 (9) (bm), 440.03 (13) (b) 38d., 440.08 (2) (a) 46t., chapter 465, 979.01 (1m) (b), 979.01 (1p), 979.027, 979.036 and 979.10 (1) (a) 1m. and 2m. of the statutes; Relating to: creating a medicolegal investigation examining board; licensure of medical examiners and medicolegal investigation staff members; disposition of bodies; death investigations and duties of coroners and medical examiners; extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing criminal penalties.

Creating a medicolegal investigation examining board; licensure of medical examiners and medicolegal investigation staff members; disposition of bodies; death investigations and duties of coroners and medical examiners; extending the time limit for emergency rule procedures; providing an exemption from emergency rule procedures; granting rule-making authority; making an appropriation; and providing criminal penalties.

Sen. Steve Nass [R]	Sen. Dan Feyen [R]	Sen. Duey Stroebel [R]	Sen. Van Wanggaard [R]
Sen. Frank Lasee [R]	Rep. Michael Schraa [R]	Rep. Mark Born [R]	Rep. Robert Brooks [R]
Rep. Cindi Duchow [R]	Rep. Cody Horlacher [R]	Rep. Frederick Kessler [D]	Rep. Joel Kitchens [R]
Rep. Joel Kleefisch [R]	Rep. Debra Kolste [D]	Rep. Mike Kuglitsch [R]	Rep. Amy Loudenbeck [R]
Rep. David Murphy [R]	Rep. Jeffrey Mursau [R]	Sen. Romaine Quinn [R]	Rep. Katrina Shankland [D]
Rep. Kenneth Skowronski [R]	Rep. John Spiros [R]	Rep. David Steffen [R]	Rep. Rob Swearingen [R]
Rep. Gary Tauchen [R]	Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt [R]	Rep. Ron Tusler [R]	Rep. Nancy VanderMeer [R]
Rep. Dana Wachs [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-28	Senate	Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
2017-06-21	Senate	Representative Barca added as a cosponsor
2017-06-15	Senate	Read first time and referred to Committee on Public Benefits, Licensing and State-Federal Relations
2017-06-15	Senate	Introduced

Type	Source
Summary	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/sen/bill/sb297
Text	https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/document/proposaltext/2017/REG/SB297.pdf