Wisconsin 2025 Regular Session Status: To Executive 2 R cosponsors

SB 358 — Relating to: fees charged for certain coroner or medical examiner services. (FE)

Last action — Published 12-10-2025

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This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced June 27, 2025. It awaits signature.

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Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

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Moderate

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  • To Executive

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    1 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

An Act to amend 59.365 (3) (a) of the statutes;

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

47 added · 10 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment to Senate Bill 358 allows counties that start providing physician medical examiner services to increase certain fees for coroner and medical examiner services above the current limits, but only once and by up to $100. This change is significant because it provides counties flexibility in setting fees, which may help them better fund essential services related to death investigations in their communities. The deadline for counties to trigger this fee increase was also removed from the bill, giving them more time to make the adjustment.

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- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRBa0431/1 SWB:cdc SENATE AMENDMENT 1, TO SENATE BILL 358 September 30, 2025 - Offered by SenatOMCZYK.
- 2026 LEGISLATURE LRB-3195/1 SWB:ajk&cjs SENATE BILL 358 June 27, 2025 - Introduced by Senators T OMCZYK and FELZKOWSKI , cosponsored by Representatives S NYDER , B.
At the locations indicated, amend the bill as follows:
ACOBSON and S PIROS.
1.
Referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government.
Page 2, line 2:
A N A CT to amend 59.365 (3) (a) of the statutes;
delete Xsubs.
relating to:
(1) (a) and (b) andY and substitute Xsubs.
fees charged for certain coroner or medical examiner services.
(1) (a) and (b) and sub.Y.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau This bill establishes an exception from current law restrictions on fee increases for certain fees charged by a county for coroner or medical examiner services, specifically 1) fees for services rendered by a coroner, 2) fees assessed for the signing of a death record by a coroner or medical examiner, and 3) fees assessed related to transportation services.
2.
Under current law, if, on or after April 18, 2017, a county board of supervisors increases the amount of any of these fees, the increase may not exceed the annual percentage change in the U.S.
Page 2, line 6:
consumer price index for all urban consumers, U.S.
delete X, and before July 1, 2025Y.
city average, for the 12 months ending on December 31 of the year before the increase.
END )
Under the bill, if a county that had been providing coroner or lay medical examiner services begins providing physician medical examiner services after December 1, 2024, and before July 1, 2025, the county is allowed, one time, to set the fee assessed for the signing of a death record or for the issuance of a cremation permit, or to set both fees, at an amount exceeding the amount that was in effect on April 17, 2015, by not more than $100.
Under the bill, fees established under the new exception may be established without regard to any change in the U.S.
consumer price index.
The exception does not apply to a county with a population of more than 300,000.
- 2026 Legislature - 2 - LRB-3195/1 SWB:ajk&cjs SENATE BILL 358 S ECTION 1 For further information see the local fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
S ECTION 1.
59.365 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
59.365 (3) (a) Notwithstanding subs.
(1) (a) and (b) and (2), if a board that had been providing coroner or lay medical examiner services begins providing physician medical examiner services under an intergovernmental cooperation agreement under s.
66.0301 after December 31, 2015, and before April 1, 2016 after December 1, 2024, and before July 1, 2025, the board may one time set the fee assessed for the signing of a death record at an amount exceeding the amount that was in effect on April 17, 2015, by not more than $100 and may one time set the fee assessed for the issuance of a cremation permit at an amount exceeding the amount that was in effect on April 17, 2015, by not more than $100.
Fees under this paragraph may be established without regard to any change in the U.S.
consumer price index.
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Action History

  1. Published 12-10-2025

  2. Report approved by the Governor on 12-9-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 62

  3. Presented to the Governor on 12-4-2025

  4. Report correctly enrolled

  5. Received from Assembly concurred in

  6. Ordered immediately messaged

  7. Read a third time and concurred in

  8. Rules suspended

  9. Ordered to a third reading

  10. Rules suspended to withdraw from Senate message and take up

  11. Read

  12. Received from Senate

  13. Ordered immediately messaged

  14. Read a third time and passed

  15. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

  16. Ordered to a third reading

  17. Senate Amendment 1 adopted

  18. Read a second time

  19. Placed on calendar 11-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  20. Available for scheduling

  21. Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  22. Report adoption of Senate Amendment 1 recommended by Committee on Transportation and Local Government, Ayes 5, Noes 0

  23. Executive action taken

  24. Public hearing held

  25. Fiscal estimate received

  26. Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Tomczyk

  27. Read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Local Government

  28. Introduced by Senators Tomczyk and Felzkowski; cosponsored by Representatives Snyder, B. Jacobson and Spiros

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Not signed on (127)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 358 do?
An Act to amend 59.365 (3) (a) of the statutes;
Who sponsors SB 358?
SB 358 is sponsored by Tomczyk, Cory (Republican), Snyder, B. Jacobson, Spiros, and Felzkowski, Mary (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 358?
This bill has been sent to the executive. Introduced June 27, 2025. It awaits signature.
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