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WI AB358

Bill

Status

Introduced

7/8/2025

Primary Sponsor

Calvin Callahan

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Clarifies that lawful maintenance activities are not prohibited disturbances of burial sites, alongside existing exemptions for normal agricultural and silvicultural practices

  • Requires any person who knows or has reasonable grounds to believe a burial site within a cemetery is disturbed or may be illegally disturbed to report it as soon as reasonably possible to local police or the county sheriff's office

  • Mandates sheriffs and police departments to prepare a report for each disturbance or potential disturbance and send copies to both the Burial Sites Preservation Board and the Cemetery Board

  • Requires the Department of Safety and Professional Services to prescribe a standardized reporting form that includes the property address and municipality where the disturbance occurred

  • Requires the Cemetery Board to review all reports received at its first annual meeting, publish them on its website, and submit an annual report to DSPS by March 1 listing all disturbances by address, municipality, and county

Legislative Description

Requiring reports on disturbed burial sites. (FE)

Last Action

Fiscal estimate received

12/30/2025

Committee Referrals

Criminal Justice and Public Safety7/8/2025

Full Bill Text

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