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WI SB416

Bill

Status

Introduced

9/4/2025

Primary Sponsor

Jesse James

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Origin

Senate

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

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

  • Mandates that sheriffs and police departments 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 create a standardized reporting form that includes the property address and municipality where the disturbance occurred

  • Cemetery Board must review all reports from the previous calendar year at its first annual meeting and publish each report on the board's website

  • Cemetery Board must submit an annual report to DSPS by March 1 listing all disturbance reports received during the previous year, including the address, municipality, and county of each incident

Legislative Description

Requiring reports on disturbed burial sites. (FE)

Last Action

Fiscal estimate received

12/18/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary and Public Safety9/4/2025

Full Bill Text

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