Wisconsin bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Wisconsin 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.

1. Introduced
2. In committee
3. Passed House
4. Passed Senate
5. To Governor
6. Became law

Sponsors

• Steffen (Republican)
• Penterman (Republican)
• O'Connor (Republican)
• Murphy (Republican)
• Kreibich (Republican)
• Knodl (Republican)
• Gundrum (Republican)
• Dittrich (Republican)
• Summerfield (Republican)

Summary

Text versions

• Bill Text

Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:06 AM.

Actions

• Mar 23, 2026 · House
  Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
• May 13, 2025 · House
  Laid on the table
• May 9, 2025 · House
  Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 5-13-2025
• May 8, 2025 · House
  Representative Vining added as a coauthor
• May 7, 2025 · House
  Representatives Stubbs and Fitzgerald added as coauthors
• May 7, 2025 · House
  Referred to committee on Rules
• May 7, 2025 · House
  Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 14, Noes 0
• May 6, 2025 · House
  Executive action taken
• Apr 23, 2025 · House
  Public hearing held
• Mar 26, 2025 · House
  Representative Subeck added as a coauthor
• Mar 13, 2025 · House
  Representative Miresse added as a coauthor
• Feb 19, 2025 · House
  Representative Tusler added as a coauthor
• Feb 17, 2025 · House
  Read first time and referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care
• Feb 17, 2025 · House
  Introduced by Representatives Summerfield, Dittrich, Gundrum, Knodl, Kreibich, Murphy, O'Connor, Penterman and Steffen; cosponsored by Senators Cabral-Guevara and Nass