Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Assembly Bill AB777 Compare Versions

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4	4	2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 777
5	5	December 8, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives HONG, C. ANDERSON, J.
6	6	ANDERSON, CLANCY, CONLEY, CONSIDINE, EMERSON, JACOBSON, JOERS, MADISON,
7	7	MOORE OMOKUNDE, NEUBAUER, OHNSTAD, PALMERI, RATCLIFF, SHELTON, SINICKI,
8	8	SNODGRASS, STUBBS, SUBECK and HAYWOOD, cosponsored by Senators ROYS,
9	9	AGARD, CARPENTER, HESSELBEIN, L. JOHNSON, LARSON, SMITH, SPREITZER,
10	10	TAYLOR and WIRCH. Referred to Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term
11	11	Care.
12	12	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
13	13	AN ACT to repeal 46.245, 48.067 (7m), 48.16, 48.23 (1m) (cm), 48.235 (1) (d),
14	14	48.255 (5), 48.257, 48.27 (9), 48.273 (4), 48.275 (3), 48.29 (3), 48.299 (1) (ar),
15	15	48.315 (1m), 48.37 (2), 48.373 (2) and (3), 48.375, 69.186 (1) (hf), 69.186 (1) (j),
16	16	69.186 (1) (k), 69.186 (1) (L), 146.89 (3r) (c) 3., 253.095, 253.10, 253.105,
17	17	253.107, 441.07 (1g) (f), 457.26 (2) (gm), 632.8985, 809.105, 809.14 (4), 809.62
18	18	(2m), 809.82 (2) (c), 895.037, 938.373 (2) and 940.15; to renumber 48.37 (1);
19	19	and to amend 48.23 (4) (a), 48.299 (1) (a), 48.299 (1) (ag), 48.299 (1) (b), 48.396
20	20	(2) (a), 48.465 (3), 66.1002 (1) (e) 1., 324.02 (8), 448.02 (3) (a), 809.10 (1) (d),
21	21	809.24 (4), 809.30 (1) (a), 809.30 (1) (b) 2., 809.30 (2) (a), subchapter IV (title)
22	22	of chapter 809 [precedes 809.40], 809.40 (title), 809.40 (1m), 809.801 (5) (c) and
23	23	939.75 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes; relating to: the elimination of certain
24	24	abortion-related regulations.
25	25	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
26	26	This bill repeals various abortion-related laws, including all of the following:
27	27	1. The bill eliminates certain specific procedural requirements that must be
28	28	met under current law before the performance of an abortion. Current law requires
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43	43	that a person upon whom an abortion is to be performed or induced must give
44	44	voluntary and informed written consent to an abortion. For the purposes of an
45	45	individual's consent to an abortion, except in a medical emergency, consent is
46	46	considered informed only if, before the abortion is performed or induced at a time
47	47	specified in current law, the physician or an assistant has, in person, orally provided
48	48	the person upon whom an abortion is to be performed with certain information and
49	49	given that person certain written materials.
50	50	2. The bill eliminates the prohibition on giving a woman an abortion-inducing
51	51	drug unless the physician who provides the drug for the woman performs a physical
52	52	exam on the woman and is physically present in the room when the drug is given to
53	53	the woman.
54	54	3. The bill eliminates the prohibition on coverage of abortions by qualified
55	55	health plans offered through a health benefit exchange in this state.
56	56	4. The bill eliminates the current law requirement for minors to obtain parental
57	57	consent or a waiver of parental consent in order to proceed with an abortion.
58	58	5. The bill repeals the statute that prohibits the performance of abortions by
59	59	a physician who does not have admitting privileges in a hospital within 30 miles of
60	60	the location where the abortion is to be performed. This statute was previously held
61	61	to be unenforceable by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Planned
62	62	Parenthood of Wis., Inc. v. Schimel, 806 F.3d 908 (7th Cir. 2015), which affirmed a
63	63	permanent injunction granted by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of
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65	65	6. The bill repeals the criminal penalty on a person who is not a physician and
66	66	who intentionally performs an abortion. The bill also repeals the prohibition on
67	67	performing an abortion after the fetus or unborn child has reached viability, as well
68	68	as the prohibition on abortion if the probable postfertilization age of the fetus or
69	69	unborn child is 20 or more weeks.
70	70	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
71	71	enact as follows:
72	72	SECTION 1. 46.245 of the statutes is repealed.
73	73	SECTION 2. 48.067 (7m) of the statutes is repealed.
74	74	SECTION 3. 48.16 of the statutes is repealed.
75	75	SECTION 4. 48.23 (1m) (cm) of the statutes is repealed.
76	76	SECTION 5. 48.23 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
77	77	48.23 (4) (a) If a child or a parent under 18 years of age has a right to be
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90	90	section and counsel is not knowingly and voluntarily waived, the court shall refer the
91	91	child or parent under 18 years of age to the state public defender and counsel shall
92	92	be appointed by the state public defender under s. 977.08 without a determination
93	93	of indigency. If the referral is of a child who has filed a petition under s. 48.375 (7),
94	94	the state public defender shall appoint counsel within 24 hours after that referral.
95	95	Any counsel appointed in a petition filed under s. 48.375 (7) shall continue to
96	96	represent the child in any appeal brought under s. 809.105 unless the child requests
97	97	substitution of counsel or extenuating circumstances make it impossible for counsel
98	98	to continue to represent the child.
99	99	SECTION 6. 48.235 (1) (d) of the statutes is repealed.
100	100	SECTION 7. 48.255 (5) of the statutes is repealed.
101	101	SECTION 8. 48.257 of the statutes is repealed.
102	102	SECTION 9. 48.27 (9) of the statutes is repealed.
103	103	SECTION 10. 48.273 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
104	104	SECTION 11. 48.275 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
105	105	SECTION 12. 48.29 (3) of the statutes is repealed.
106	106	SECTION 13. 48.299 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
107	107	48.299 (1) (a) The general public shall be excluded from hearings under this
108	108	chapter and from hearings by courts exercising jurisdiction under s. 48.16 unless a
109	109	public fact-finding hearing is demanded by a child through his or her counsel, by an
110	110	expectant mother through her counsel, or by an unborn child's guardian ad litem.
111	111	However, the court shall refuse to grant the public hearing in a proceeding other than
112	112	a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7), if a parent, guardian, expectant mother, or unborn
113	113	child's guardian ad litem objects.
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142	142	48.299 (1) (ag) In a proceeding other than a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7), if
143	143	If a public hearing is not held, only the parties and their counsel or guardian ad litem,
144	144	the court-appointed special advocate for the child, the child's foster parent or other
145	145	physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2), witnesses, and other persons requested
146	146	by a party and approved by the court may be present, except that the court may
147	147	exclude a foster parent or other physical custodian described in s. 48.62 (2) from any
148	148	portion of the hearing if that portion of the hearing deals with sensitive personal
149	149	information of the child or the child's family or if the court determines that excluding
150	150	the foster parent or other physical custodian would be in the best interests of the
151	151	child. Except in a proceeding under s. 48.375 (7), any Any other person the court
152	152	finds to have a proper interest in the case or in the work of the court, including a
153	153	member of the bar or a person engaged in the bona fide research, monitoring, or
154	154	evaluation of activities conducted under 42 USC 629h, as determined by the director
155	155	of state courts, may be admitted by the court.
156	156	SECTION 15. 48.299 (1) (ar) of the statutes is repealed.
157	157	SECTION 16. 48.299 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
158	158	48.299 (1) (b) Except as provided in ss. 48.375 (7) (e) and s. 48.396, any person
159	159	who divulges any information which would identify the child, the expectant mother
160	160	or the family involved in any proceeding under this chapter shall be subject to ch.
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162	162	SECTION 17. 48.315 (1m) of the statutes is repealed.
163	163	SECTION 18. 48.37 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 48.37.
164	164	SECTION 19. 48.37 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
165	165	SECTION 20. 48.373 (2) and (3) of the statutes are repealed.
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196	196	SECTION 22. 48.396 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
197	197	48.396 (2) (a) Records of the court assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this
198	198	chapter and ch. 938 and of courts exercising jurisdiction under s. 48.16 shall be
199	199	entered in books or deposited in files kept for that purpose only. Those records shall
200	200	not be open to inspection or their contents disclosed except by order of the court
201	201	assigned to exercise jurisdiction under this chapter and ch. 938 or as required or
202	202	permitted under this subsection, or sub. (3) (b) or (c) 1g., 1m., or 1r. or (6), or s. 48.375
203	203	(7) (e).
204	204	SECTION 23. 48.465 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
205	205	48.465 (3) EXCEPTIONS. This section does not apply to a termination of parental
206	206	rights case under s. 48.43, to a parental consent to abortion case under s. 48.375 (7),
207	207	or to a guardianship proceeding under s. 48.9795.
208	208	SECTION 24. 66.1002 (1) (e) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
209	209	66.1002 (1) (e) 1. A physician, as defined under s. 48.375 (2) (g). For purposes
210	210	of this subdivision, “physician” means a person licensed to practice medicine and
211	211	surgery under ch. 448.
212	212	SECTION 25. 69.186 (1) (hf) of the statutes is repealed.
213	213	SECTION 26. 69.186 (1) (j) of the statutes is repealed.
214	214	SECTION 27. 69.186 (1) (k) of the statutes is repealed.
215	215	SECTION 28. 69.186 (1) (L) of the statutes is repealed.
216	216	SECTION 29. 146.89 (3r) (c) 3. of the statutes is repealed.
217	217	SECTION 30. 253.095 of the statutes is repealed.
218	218	SECTION 31. 253.10 of the statutes is repealed.
219	219	SECTION 32. 253.105 of the statutes is repealed.
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248	248	SECTION 34. 324.02 (8) of the statutes is amended to read:
249	249	324.02 (8) “Emancipated minor" has the meaning given in s. 48.375 (2) (e)
250	250	means a minor who is or has been married; a minor who has previously given birth;
251	251	or a minor who has been freed from the care, custody and control of her parents, with
252	252	little likelihood of returning to the care, custody and control prior to marriage or prior
253	253	to reaching the age of majority.
254	254	SECTION 35. 441.07 (1g) (f) of the statutes is repealed.
255	255	SECTION 36. 448.02 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
256	256	448.02 (3) (a) The board shall investigate allegations of unprofessional conduct
257	257	and negligence in treatment by persons holding a license or certificate granted by the
258	258	board. An allegation that a physician has violated s. 253.10 (3), 448.30 or 450.13 (2)
259	259	or has failed to mail or present a medical certification required under s. 69.18 (2)
260	260	within 21 days after the pronouncement of death of the person who is the subject of
261	261	the required certificate or that a physician has failed at least 6 times within a
262	262	6-month period to mail or present a medical certificate required under s. 69.18 (2)
263	263	within 6 days after the pronouncement of death of the person who is the subject of
264	264	the required certificate is an allegation of unprofessional conduct. Information
265	265	contained in reports filed with the board under s. 49.45 (2) (a) 12r., 50.36 (3) (b),
266	266	609.17 or 632.715, or under 42 CFR 1001.2005, shall be investigated by the board.
267	267	Information contained in a report filed with the board under s. 655.045 (1), as created
268	268	by 1985 Wisconsin Act 29, which is not a finding of negligence or in a report filed with
269	269	the board under s. 50.36 (3) (c) may, within the discretion of the board, be used as the
270	270	basis of an investigation of a person named in the report. The board may require a
271	271	person holding a license or certificate to undergo and may consider the results of one
272	272	or more physical, mental or professional competency examinations if the board
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302	302	believes that the results of any such examinations may be useful to the board in
303	303	conducting its investigation.
304	304	SECTION 37. 457.26 (2) (gm) of the statutes is repealed.
305	305	SECTION 38. 632.8985 of the statutes is repealed.
306	306	SECTION 39. 809.10 (1) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
307	307	809.10 (1) (d) Docketing statement. The person shall file in the circuit court a
308	308	completed docketing statement on a form prescribed by the court of appeals. The
309	309	docketing statement shall accompany the notice of appeal. Docketing statements
310	310	need not be filed in appeals brought under s. 809.105, 809.107, 809.32, or 974.06 (7),
311	311	in cases under ch. 980, or in cases in which a party represents himself or herself.
312	312	Docketing statements need not be filed in appeals brought under s. 809.30 or 974.05,
313	313	or by the state or defendant in permissive appeals in criminal cases pursuant to s.
314	314	809.50, except that docketing statements shall be filed in cases arising under ch. 48,
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316	316	SECTION 40. 809.105 of the statutes is repealed.
317	317	SECTION 41. 809.14 (4) of the statutes is repealed.
318	318	SECTION 42. 809.24 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
319	319	809.24 (4) No motion for reconsideration of a court of appeals decision issued
320	320	under s. 809.105 or 809.107 is permitted.
321	321	SECTION 43. 809.30 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
322	322	809.30 (1) (a) “Final adjudication" means the entry of a final judgment or order
323	323	by the circuit court in a s. 971.17 proceeding, in a criminal case, or in a ch. 48, 51, 55,
324	324	938, or 980 case, other than a termination of parental rights case under s. 48.43, or
325	325	a guardianship proceeding under s. 48.9795, or a parental consent to abortion case
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353	353	SECTION 44 ASSEMBLY BILL 777
354	354	SECTION 44. 809.30 (1) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
355	355	809.30 (1) (b) 2. A party, other than the state, seeking postdisposition relief in
356	356	a case under ch. 48, other than a termination of parental rights case under s. 48.43,
357	357	or a guardianship proceeding under s. 48.9795, or a parental consent to abortion case
358	358	under s. 48.375 (7).
359	359	SECTION 45. 809.30 (2) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
360	360	809.30 (2) (a) Appeal procedure; counsel to continue. A person seeking
361	361	postconviction relief in a criminal case; a person seeking postdisposition relief in a
362	362	case under ch. 48 other than a termination of parental rights case under s. 48.43, or
363	363	a guardianship proceeding under s. 48.9795, or a parental consent to abortion case
364	364	under s. 48.375 (7); or a person seeking postdisposition relief in a s. 971.17 proceeding
365	365	or in a case under ch. 51, 55, 938, or 980 shall comply with this section. Counsel
366	366	representing the person at sentencing or at the time of the final adjudication shall
367	367	continue representation by filing a notice under par. (b) if the person desires to
368	368	pursue postconviction or postdisposition relief unless counsel is discharged by the
369	369	person or allowed to withdraw by the circuit court before the notice must be filed.
370	370	SECTION 46. Subchapter IV (title) of chapter 809 [precedes 809.40] of the
371	371	statutes is amended to read:
372	372	CHAPTER 809
373	373	SUBCHAPTER IV
374	374	APPEAL PROCEDURE IN COURT OF APPEALS
375	375	IN TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS,
376	376	CH. 799, TRAFFIC REGULA TION, AND
377	377	MUNICIPAL ORDINANCE VIOLA TION, AND
378	378	PARENTAL CONSENT TO ABORTION CASES
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408	408	SECTION 47. 809.40 (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
409	409	809.40 (title) Rule (Appeals in termination of parental rights, ch. 799,
410	410	traffic regulation, or municipal ordinance violation, and parental consent
411	411	to abortion cases).
412	412	SECTION 48. 809.40 (1m) of the statutes is amended to read:
413	413	809.40 (1m) An appeal from an order denying a petition under s. 48.375 (7) is
414	414	governed by the procedures specified in s. 809.105, and an appeal from an order or
415	415	judgment under s. 48.43 is governed by the procedures specified in s. 809.107.
416	416	SECTION 49. 809.62 (2m) of the statutes is repealed.
417	417	SECTION 50. 809.801 (5) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
418	418	809.801 (5) (c) Appeals from circuit court. A user seeking to initiate an appeal
419	419	under s. 809.10, 809.103, 809.104, 809.105, 809.107, 809.30, 809.32, or 809.40 shall
420	420	file a notice of appeal in the circuit court case appealed from as provided in that
421	421	section. The clerk of circuit court shall transmit the notice of appeal to the clerk of
422	422	the court of appeals. The docketing statement, motions under s. 809.41 (1) or (4), and
423	423	statement on transcript, where applicable, shall also be filed with the clerk of circuit
424	424	court and transmitted to the clerk of the court of appeals. Service shall be as provided
425	425	in s. 809.10 (1) (h).
426	426	SECTION 51. 809.82 (2) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
427	427	SECTION 52. 895.037 of the statutes is repealed.
428	428	SECTION 53. 938.373 (2) of the statutes is repealed.
429	429	SECTION 54. 939.75 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
430	430	939.75 (2) (b) 1. An act committed during an induced abortion. This
431	431	subdivision does not limit the applicability of ss. 940.04, 940.13, 940.15 and 940.16
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460	460	SECTION 55. 940.15 of the statutes is repealed.
461	461	SECTION 56.0Nonstatutory provisions.
462	462	(1) REFERENCE CHANGES. Wherever a reference to s. 253.10 (2) (a) appears in the
463	463	statutes, the legislative reference bureau shall substitute a reference to s. 69.01
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