republic-os/legislation/us/states/wi/2017-regular-session/ab-444.md

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Bill	Relating to: hospice staff transferring the controlled substances of deceased persons to drug disposal programs.	Relating to: hospice staff transferring the controlled substances of deceased persons to drug disposal programs.	us/states/wi	Wisconsin Legislature	2017 Regular Session	AB 444	Wisconsin AB 444 (2017 Regular Session)	bill		enacted	Ballweg Berceau Gannon Genrich Horlacher Jacque Kleefisch Ripp Spiros Subeck Tittl	1	29	2	2017-07-14T05:00:00+00:00	2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/fdfa29d2-7132-4c40-a168-66099e23c3d4	http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2017/proposals/reg/asm/bill/ab444	723211293d9bfa3bf52e5931107f0a6bd35087a3dd5e1bdf969c95d5fe5390d0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wi

Wisconsin AB 444 (2017 Regular Session) — Relating to: hospice staff transferring the controlled substances of deceased persons to drug disposal programs.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Report passage recommended by Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 7, Noes 0 — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2 — 3–2 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Ballweg — primary (person)
• Berceau — primary (person)
• Gannon — primary (person)
• Genrich — primary (person)
• Horlacher — primary (person)
• Jacque — primary (person)
• Kleefisch — primary (person)
• Ripp — primary (person)
• Spiros — primary (person)
• Subeck — primary (person)
• Tittl — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2017-07-14T05:00:00+00:00 Introduced by Representatives Ballweg, Jacque, Subeck, Berceau, Gannon, Horlacher, Kleefisch, Ripp, Spiros, Tittl and Genrich; cosponsored by Senators Harsdorf, Olsen, Bewley, Feyen, Marklein, L. Taylor, Vinehout and Wirch introduction
• 2017-07-14T05:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care
• 2017-09-05T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing held
• 2017-10-18T05:00:00+00:00 Executive action taken
• 2017-10-24T05:00:00+00:00 Report passage recommended by Committee on Aging and Long-Term Care, Ayes 7, Noes 0 committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-10-24T05:00:00+00:00 Referred to committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2017-10-31T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 11-2-2017 by Committee on Rules
• 2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading
• 2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended
• 2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and passed passage
• 2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00 Representative Barca added as a coauthor
• 2017-11-02T05:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00 Received from Assembly
• 2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00 Read first time and referred to committee on Senate Organization referral-committee
• 2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00 Available for scheduling
• 2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00 Public hearing requirement waived by committee on Senate Organization, pursuant to Senate Rule 18 (1m), Ayes 3, Noes 2
• 2017-11-03T05:00:00+00:00 Placed on calendar 11-7-2017 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)
• 2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Read a second time reading-2
• 2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered to a third reading
• 2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Rules suspended
• 2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Senator Cowles added as a cosponsor
• 2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Read a third time and concurred in passage
• 2017-11-07T06:00:00+00:00 Ordered immediately messaged
• 2017-11-08T06:00:00+00:00 Received from Senate concurred in
• 2017-11-22T06:00:00+00:00 Report correctly enrolled on 11-22-2017
• 2017-11-28T06:00:00+00:00 Presented to the Governor on 11-28-2017 executive-receipt
• 2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00 Report approved by the Governor on 11-30-2017. 2017 Wisconsin Act 99 executive-signature
• 2017-12-01T06:00:00+00:00 Published 12-1-2017

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fdfa29d2-7132-4c40-a168-66099e23c3d4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Wisconsin legislature records).