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2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 184
April 20, 2023 - Introduced by JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Referred to Committee
on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
1 AN ACT to create 69.18 (1m) (c) 3. of the statutes; relating to: providing
2 additional information fields regarding occupation on death records.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill is explained in the NOTES provided by the Joint Legislative Council in
the bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
JOINT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL PREFATORY NOTE: This bill was prepared for the Joint
Legislative Council Study Committee on Uniform Death Reporting Standards.
Current law requires that a death record be filed with the state whenever a death
occurs. The death record must include various information about the decedent, including
information for statistical use only that is collected on the standard death record form
recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics (currently,
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), along with any other data as directed
by the state registrar, including race, educational background, and health risk behavior.
The bill requires that, beginning on September 1, 2025, a death record include data
on the decedent's usual occupation in a format that allows inclusion of up to 2 additional
occupations, if applicable.
3 SECTION 1. 69.18 (1m) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
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ASSEMBLY BILL 184 SECTION 1
1 69.18 (1m) (c) 3. Beginning on September 1, 2025, data on the decedent's usual
2 occupation in a format directed by the state registrar that allows inclusion of up to
3 2 additional occupations, if applicable.
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