WisconsinSB432025-2026 Wisconsin Legislature (Biennial Session)SenateWALLET

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

Sponsored By: Rachael Cabral-Guevara (Republican), Steve Nass (Republican)

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Nurse prescribers can pronounce deaths

Advanced practice nurse prescribers can now pronounce a patient’s death for the death record. They must be certified to issue prescriptions under state law and must have directly cared for the patient. The pronouncement must follow accepted medical standards. The legal definition of the “date of death” now includes when these nurse prescribers, as well as other listed clinicians, pronounce death. This authority applies except where paragraph (cm) of the law limits it.

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Rachael Cabral-Guevara

    Republican • Senate

  • Steve Nass

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Barbara Dittrich

    Republican • House

  • Rick Gundrum

    Republican • House

  • Daniel Knodl

    Republican • House

  • Rob Kreibich

    Republican • House

  • Vincent Miresse

    Democratic • House

  • David Murphy

    Republican • House

  • Jerry O'Connor

    Republican • House

  • William Penterman

    Republican • House

  • David Steffen

    Republican • House

  • Lisa Subeck

    Democratic • House

  • Rob Summerfield

    Republican • House

  • Ron Tusler

    Republican • House

  • Robyn Vining

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

Actions Timeline

  1. Published 8-9-2025

    8/11/2025Senate
  2. Report approved by the Governor on 8-8-2025. 2025 Wisconsin Act 19

    8/11/2025Senate
  3. Presented to the Governor on 8-7-2025

    8/7/2025Senate
  4. Report correctly enrolled

    5/14/2025Senate
  5. Received from Assembly concurred in

    5/13/2025Senate
  6. Ordered immediately messaged

    5/13/2025House
  7. Read a third time and concurred in

    5/13/2025House
  8. Rules suspended

    5/13/2025House
  9. Ordered to a third reading

    5/13/2025House
  10. Read a second time

    5/13/2025House
  11. Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

    5/13/2025House
  12. Withdrawn from committee on Rules and referred to calendar of 5-13-2025

    5/9/2025House
  13. Representative Vining added as a cosponsor

    5/8/2025House
  14. Representatives Stubbs and Fitzgerald added as cosponsors

    5/7/2025House
  15. Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

    5/7/2025House
  16. Representative Subeck added as a cosponsor

    3/26/2025House
  17. Received from Senate

    3/19/2025House
  18. Ordered immediately messaged

    3/18/2025Senate
  19. Read a third time and passed

    3/18/2025Senate
  20. Rules suspended to give bill its third reading

    3/18/2025Senate
  21. Ordered to a third reading

    3/18/2025Senate
  22. Read a second time

    3/18/2025Senate
  23. Placed on calendar 3-18-2025 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

    3/14/2025Senate
  24. Available for scheduling

    3/14/2025Senate
  25. Report passage recommended by Committee on Health, Ayes 5, Noes 0

    3/14/2025Senate

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