Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: Introduced 9 R cosponsors

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.

Last action — Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  1. 1
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced February 17, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.

Next likely step: a committee referral and hearing.

Odds of enactment

Low chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a low chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Advancing 38% · moderate confidence

  • Introduced

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 11 sponsors

    1 primary, 10 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (9 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 1 recorded vote so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

An Act to amend 69.01 (6g); to create 69.01 (1g) and 69.18 (1) (cL) of the statutes;

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1

  2. Laid on the table

  3. Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 5-13-2025

  4. Representative Vining added as a coauthor

  5. Representatives Stubbs and Fitzgerald added as coauthors

  6. Referred to committee on Rules

  7. Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0

  8. Executive action taken

  9. Public hearing held

  10. Representative Subeck added as a coauthor

  11. Representative Miresse added as a coauthor

  12. Representative Tusler added as a coauthor

  13. Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care

  14. Introduced by Representatives Summerfield, Dittrich, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman and Steffen; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara and Nass

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 10 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (10)

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 44 do?
An Act to amend 69.01 (6g); to create 69.01 (1g) and 69.18 (1) (cL) of the statutes;
Who sponsors AB 44?
AB 44 is sponsored by Cabral-Guevara, Nass, Summerfield, Rob (Republican), Dittrich, Barbara (Republican), Gundrum, Rick (Republican), Knodl, Daniel (Republican), Kreibich, Rob (Republican), Murphy, David (Republican), O'Connor, Jerry (Republican), Penterman, William (Republican), and Steffen, David (Republican).
What is the current status of AB 44?
This bill has been introduced in the Assembly. Introduced February 17, 2025. It must pass committee before a floor vote.
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